The Ministry of Education and the National Institute for Student Welfare (INABIE) have identified the cause of the sudden illness of 12 students in the Claudino Sanches school in La Lomota in Jima Abajo. The culprit was identified to be fumigation of nearby rice fields.
The director of School District 06-10 of the Jima municipality, Yajaira Rincon, said that on other occasions similar occurrences have happened, affecting both teachers and school staff.
She noted, in addition, that they have met with the rice farmers on several occasions who have agreed to carry out crop spraying outside of school hours.
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El Nacional
15 April 2019