The Rising Threat of Chronic Kidney Disease is Fueled by Climate Change
First spotted among sugarcane workers in El Salvador, CKDnt has claimed at least 20,000 lives in Central America and tens of thousands more globally.
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First spotted among sugarcane workers in El Salvador, CKDnt has claimed at least 20,000 lives in Central America and tens of thousands more globally.
Chronic Kidney Disease could be the first climate-change related occupational disease.
Men under 40 are coming home in need of dialysis, after working in intense heat with limited access to drinking water
DOHA (Reuters) - International occupational health experts will urge Qatar on Tuesday to establish a heat stress "center of excellence" to influence other Gulf countries to strengthen protections for workers against extreme heat and humidity, two of the experts said. | 03:24am
Qatar bans work from more than twice the hours banned in Saudi Arabia, where the majority of the region's construction projects are underway.