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Old 12-15-2011, 02:05 AM   #4 (permalink)
harveyc
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My family sponsors three children (and their families) in Nicaragua. The oldest child's father had done well making progress over the years and sending his children to school and we were glad to help. He hasn't worked since late in 2010 because of kidney failure which his doctors attributed to pesticide poisoning related to his work on a banana plantation. We were told it is a common problem. I have no proof that it is actually the cause, but it seems plausible. I had not heard of sterility problems.
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