Sunday, July 17, 2011

Arsenic - chief suspect, kidney syndrome

Arsenic – chief suspect, kidney syndrome
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/110717/News/nws_17.html

"It's a case of poisoning the farmers along with the land, with excessive, irresponsible agro-chemical usage. Chandani Kirinde reports from Padaviya.

Paddy farmer A. Karunadasa, 52, looks a lot older than his years, as he lies in his bed at the Padaviya Base Hospital. Farming has been the livelihood for this father of three, whose home is the sleepy village of Boralu Kande, Padaviya, in the Anuradhapura district."

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