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Trying to Rubber the Right Way
Brazil aims to protect Amazon by using sustainably harvested rubber in condoms |
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08 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 5:53 AM on 08 Apr 2008 Photo: iStockphoto Hard up for ways to preserve the Amazon rainforest, the Brazilian government has announced it's opening a condom factory that will use rubber harvested sustainably from the imperiled rainforest -- no tree-chopping required. The latex will come from the Chico Mendes reserve, named for a well-known Amazon activist gunned down by ranching ... |
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| Topics: Amazon, Brazil, deforestation, health, news, sex (all these topics) |
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