砷是有毒的金属物质,很久以来认为它能诱发癌症、糖尿病、皮肤变厚、肝病和消化系统并发症。
Arsenic is a poisonous metal that has long been linked to an increased risk of cancers, diabetes, thickening of the skin, diseases of the liver and digestive complications.
但在非洲,这些疾病的并发症,例如中风、心脏和肾脏衰竭以及某种类型的癌症,在更小的年龄和更广泛的人群中发生。
But in Africa, the complications of these diseases, such as stroke, cardiac and renal failure, and certain forms of cancer, occur at younger ages and in larger populations.
许多人没有死于营养不良,饥饿和战争,而是死于传染性疾病如艾滋,心脏和血管疾病,癌症和肥胖引起的并发症。
Most people who do not die of malnutrition, starvation, or war are killed by communicable diseases such as AIDS, heart and vascular disease, cancer and the effect of obesity.
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