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As many as 400,000 people in the north-central region of Sri Lanka may be affected by the chronic kidney disease (CKD), and as many as 22,000 people may have died over the last two decades as a result. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason for the spread is heavy metals in the water caused by the unregulated use of fertiliser and pesticides,\u201d Dr. Channa Jayasumana, from the Faculty of Medicine at the Rajarata University in Anuradhapura, told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipsnews.net\/2012\/08\/study-links-kidney-disease-in-sri-lankas-farm-belt-to-agrochemicals\/\"><em>Inter Press Service News Agency<\/em><\/a> (IPS). <\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Sri Lankan government launched an investigation four years ago, testing the local environment and taking blood, urine and tissue samples. The results, which were released this summer in a one-page press release, pointed to cadmium and arsenic. Though cadmium is found in fertilizers, it is illegal to use arsenic-based pesticides in Sri Lanka. Dr. Jayamasumana is one of the doctors that has been engaging in research activities in the epidemic of CKD, and told Beyond Pesticides that they strongly believe that the main cause for CKD is poor quality agrochemicals.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theworld.org\/2012\/09\/sri-lanka-kidney-chemicals\/\">joint investigation<\/a> by <em>Public Radio International\u2019s The World<\/em> and the <em>Center for Public Integrity<\/em>, in the government\u2019s press release, it states that farmers can protect their kidneys by stopping the \u201cindiscriminate use of fertilizers and certain pesticides.\u201d However, little has been done to spread the message to people who need to hear it. The doctors are frustrated with the WHO and the Sri Lankan government for not releasing these findings to the public and not taking action yet.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Palitha Bandara, the top health official in the North Central Province, told PRI that it is critical that the public\u2019s exposure to the contaminants be reduced immediately \u201cbecause day by day (they) will accumulate (in) the skin, blood and other peripheral organs, including kidneys.\u201d<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theworld.org\/2012\/09\/sri-lanka-kidney-chemicals\/\">PRI\u2019s The World<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipsnews.net\/2012\/08\/study-links-kidney-disease-in-sri-lankas-farm-belt-to-agrochemicals\/\">Inter Press Service News Agency<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All unattributed positions and opinions in this piece are those of Beyond Pesticides. <\/em>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Beyond Pesticides, October 18, 2012) A new study pinpoints agricultural pesticides and fertilizers as the likely culprit for an incurable and deadly kidney disease that has afflicted thousands of Sri Lankans. 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