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Green

The Herbicide Catch-22: Protecting Ecosystems While Risking Our Health

Photo of a man spraying a field with pesticides.
Using herbicides drastically reduces the amount of people and time needed to manage invasive plants, increasing our chance of making a meaningful dent in existing populations. rawpixel

Herbicides pose environmental and human health risks but are also an essential tool for controlling invasive plants.

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LGBTQ Plus Society

Nepal’s Transgender Are Forced To Go To India For Risky Hormone Treatment

Nepal’s Transgender Are Forced To Go To India For Risky Hormone Treatment
Selina Chaudhary, a transgender woman from Birgunj, started taking Diane-35, a hormone blocker, on the advice of a transgender friend from India, but she quickly developed health issues. Sunita Neupane/Global Press Journal

When the desire to transition outweighs the severe risks of self-medicating.

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Geopolitics Women Worldwide

“In Front Of My Children” — Documenting Rape In Sudan As A Weapon Of War

Photo of a Sudanese woman in Darfur, Sudan
File photo of a Sudanese woman in Darfur, Sudan Kate Holt/eyevine/ZUMA

Sudan’s ongoing war has been marked by widespread reports of rape and gang rape, atrocities long documented in the African country dating back to the Darfur conflict in early 2000s.

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Economy

In Uganda’s Artisanal Mines, Where Salt Corrodes Workers Health

In Uganda’s Artisanal Mines, Where Salt Corrodes Workers Health
Workers weigh and move piles of rock salt on the shores of Lake Katwe, Uganda’s top salt-producing lake. Edna Namara/GPJ Uganda

The unlicensed workers use what they have to combat health fears in Uganda’s top salt-producing lake. A new law is supposed to offer protections. So far, little is on the way.

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