The Killers Underfoot
In just over a month, life-giving rains will soak India during the annual monsoons. As welcome as these rains are, they also bring with them injury and death from snakebite. As they do each year, venomous snakes seeking dry ground will slide into people’s homes, gardens and fields; they will curl up in woodpiles, latrines and play areas. Hundreds of thousands of snakebites will cause an estimated 40,000 deaths over the course of the monsoon season.
Across the globe, mainly in poor, rural parts of Africa, southern Asia and Central and South America, some five million people are bitten by snakes each year.… Seguir leyendo »