Complaint > Nicaragua Sugar Estates Limited-01/Leon and Chinandega

Agreement: Full Report

...wind speed must be below 6 km/hr for burning to occur. The two burners start the fire using backpacks filled with kerosene and flamethrowers. Starting at the downwind corner of the field, the two burners walk in opposite directions and set the edge of the field on fire. The fires along the downwind edges are set as the counter fires, whereas the fires along the upwind edges spread through the field in the downwind direction. The four patrolmen monitor each edge of the field to ensure that the fi...

Complaint > Nicaragua Sugar Estates Limited-01/Leon and Chinandega

Agreement: Full Report

...wind, and streams. It can be found as dust in the air, and this dust can dissolve in water and settle on plants, and can be found in larger particles in soil (US Department of Health and Human Services, 1999). . b. Consistency with demographic patterns and epidemiologic data regarding CKD in Nicaragua Exposure to uranium could be consistent with excess CKD in Leon and Chinandega, due to the presence of several active volcanos in the area. It would be consistent with an excess of CKD among males ...