Whatever Happened To ... The Mysterious Kidney Disease Striking Central America?

    Posted by NPR - Africa News on

    Laborers in the sugar cane fields of Central America are experiencing a rapid and unexplained form of kidney failure. Above: Harvesting sugar cane in Chichigalpa, Nicaragua.

    Some researchers now say that tens of thousands of deaths due to kidney failure may be linked to climate change. But others aren't so sure.

    (Image credit: Jason Beaubien/NPR)

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