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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 |
News |
| 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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Notable quotable
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David Roberts |
29 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
| 'I'll retract the rape complaint from the wombat, because he's pulled out. Apart from speaking Australian now, I'm pretty all right you know. I didn't hurt my bum at all.' -- New Zealander Arthur Cradock, who was subsequently charged with 'using a phone for a fictitious purpose |
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| Topics: health, jackassery, New Zealand, quotables, sex (all these topics) |
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Sex Education
A primer on chemicals, fertility, and reproduction |
Emily Gertz |
18 Sep 2007 |
Grist Feature |
| Illustration: Keri Rosebraugh Feeling unusually infertile lately? You're not alone: according to a December 2005 report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, around 12 percent of American couples reported having a hard time conceiving a child and bearing it to term in 2002, up 20 percent from the 6.1 million couples reporting such "impaired fecundity" in 1995. Although the re ... |
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| Topics: green living, health, parenting, sex, special series, toxics (all these topics) |
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Slime barrier
Politicians behaving badly |
biodiversivist |
16 Jul 2007 |
Gristmill |
| I'm thinking of marketing a politician handshaking kit that would consist of one rubber glove that can be carried in a wallet or purse to protect potential politician handshaking partners from slime. This started out as a comment on Kate's post, but got so long I decided to put it up front. As Kate points out, the Democratically controlled House just approved continued funding of abstinence-only education to the tune of $50 million. What really makes this unbelieva ... |
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| Topics: health, politics, sex (all these topics) |
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Tracking the nation's most brilliant up-and-coming health researchers
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David Roberts |
11 Jul 2007 |
Gristmill |
| What's that you say? Some vaginal spermicides may ease transmission of human papillomavirus (HPV)? Why, what kind of brilliant post doc researcher uncovered that counterintuitive and potentially industry-shaking result? Must have been one smart fella. |
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| Topics: health, sex (all these topics) |
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Biking: good for the environment, sucky for your sex organs
Too much time on a bike can impair sexual performance, researchers say |
Lisa Hymas |
05 Oct 2005 |
Gristmill |
| Bummer news for cycling advocates. Word's long been around that spending too much time on a bike seat can impair your performance in the bedroom. Now, researchers in this arena are getting even more adamant in their admonitions. A New York Times article -- the No. 1 most-emailed on their site for the second day running -- highlights mounting evidence that frequent cycling by men can lead to a damaged perineum, loss of libido, 'small calcified masses inside the scrotum,' ... |
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| Topics: bikes, health, sex (all these topics) |
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Better Latex Than Never
On eco-friendly birth control |
Umbra Fisk |
25 Sep 2003 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, I am wondering about the most environmentally safe form of birth control. From what I understand, women's birth control pills put terrible amounts of hormones into the world's waters and cause genetic mutations in fish. On the other hand, constantly using and discarding plastic condoms, including the packaging these come in, does not seem like a great solution. Are there more options out there that would ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, health, sex (all these topics) |
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