Burning sugarcane possible cause of mystery kidney disease in agricultural workers medicalxpress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from medicalxpress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
<p>CU Anschutz researchers worked with doctors in El Salvador to identify high levels of silica nanoparticles in kidney tissue of patients with a mysterious kidney disease. The burning of sugarcane and rice husks may be releasing a toxicant causing this disease.</p>
The burning of sugarcane and rice husks may be releasing a toxicant causing a mysterious kidney disease in agricultural workers, according to a paper out today in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.
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<p>CU Anschutz researchers worked with doctors in El Salvador to identify high levels of silica nanoparticles in kidney tissue of patients with a mysterious kidney disease. The burning of sugarcane and rice husks may be releasing a toxicant causing this disease.</p>