The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has been blamed for the spread of a kidney disease which has affected nearly half a million people in Sri Lanka.
Scientists believe the illness is caused by pesticides and fertilisers.
The FAO is accused by campaigners of encouraging the use of agrochemicals on behalf of multinational companies.
But the FAO strongly denies it is to blame for the spread of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Aetiology (CKDu).
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