Overview
- Researchers from the Universidad Michoacana unveiled results of the project Pasado y presente de la ERC en el oriente de Michoacán, outlining an interdisciplinary review of physical, environmental and psychosocial factors.
- They reported more than 25 years of rising cases with unusually high prevalence in people under 30, citing pilot work in Hidalgo and Zinapécuaro and IMSS care data indicating elevated rates among younger patients.
- The team highlighted ingestion pathways and environmental contamination concerns linked to the Los Azufres geothermal area, with full results posted at saludrenal.umich.mx.
- At the event, state environment secretary Alejandro Méndez said the data should be cross-checked with other studies and that any causal chain, including a potential link to CFE operations, must be verified, noting ongoing coordination with health and water agencies.
- Officials referenced immediate actions under discussion such as installing water filters in Alta Huerta and San Pedro, screening children, nutrition campaigns and psychological support, while researchers asserted their water-quality hypothesis is supported by certified analyses and pointed to prior meetings that produced no activated institutional program.