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Lead poisoning causes trillions of dollars in economic damage each year

1newsday.com 

However bad you think lead poisoning is for the world, it’s worse. A mother and child at a Médecins Sans Frontières clinic in Anka, Nigeria, the site of a major lead poisoning outbreak in 2019.Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images Dylan Matthews is a senior correspondent and head writer for Vox’s Future Perfect section and has […]

Phenylephrine is useless. How many more drugs like it are out there?

1newsday.com 

Phenylephrine and other medications that contain it, like Sudafed PE, don’t work. Pfizer’s Sudafed PE nasal decongestant is displayed on a shelf at a Walgreens store in 2006 in Chicago, Illinois.Tim Boyle/Getty Images Keren Landman is a senior reporter covering public health, emerging infectious diseases, the health workforce, and health justice at Vox. Keren is […]

The ethics of lab-grown meat and that bizarre woolly mammoth meatball

1newsday.com 

“Exotic” cultivated meats claim to be harmless, but they could threaten actual endangered animals. Jess Hannigan for Vox Jude Whiley is a freelance journalist from London. He has written for the Vegan Society, VeganLife, and Wired, and he’s studying for a PhD in creative writing at the University of East Anglia. What is the strangest […]



West Ham owner Kretinsky hit by a £220m boost

Caught Offside 

West Ham co-owner Daniel Kretinsky has received a £220m boost due to the rise in prices for energy. Kretinsky has stakes in a host of big businesses such as Royal Mail and Sainsbury’s, but the bulk of his wealth is built on his involvement in energy. The West Ham man has now received a £220m boost […]

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'Crazy war must stop now': Oxfam calls for 'long-term solution', asks int'l community to visit Gaza

France24.com (en) 

Najla Shawa and her family are safe for now after fleeing their home in Gaza City, but she’s worried she may never be able to return. Shawa, a Gaza native who works for the international aid group Oxfam, is sheltering with her husband, two daughters and about 50 others at a compound in Zawaida, a community just south of the area Israeli forces ordered residents to evacuate before an anticipated ground offensive. The adults are sleeping in shifts and the group is rationing food and water amid an Israeli... Читать дальше...





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