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August 22, 2012

Sri Lankan Farmers Face Heavy-Metals Fear

by Amantha Perera, Asia Times, Hong Kong - A new report links the high prevalence of chronic kidney disease in Sri Lanka's main agricultural production regions with the presence of heavy metals in the water, caused by fertilizer and pesticide use.

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Standing Up to the ‘Landgrabbing’ Foresters

by Hazel Healy, New Internationalist, UK - Mixed in between the sunflowers, you can see the tips of pine trees, peering over the rim of...

Horrifying new trend: Posting rapes to Facebook

By Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon.com, USA - It’s yet another story of how social media can apparently become a tool for abuse — and evidence...

Too Soon to Tell: The Case for Hope, Continued

by Rebecca Solnit, Middle East Online, UK - Ten years ago, my part of the world was full of valiant opposition to the new wars...

Invisibility of Mothers

by Zubeida Mustafa, Dawn, Pakistan - As a new government enters the corridors of power in Sindh it will find itself empowered with an innovative...

Legacy of a Feminist Revolutionary

by Kathleen B. Jones, Open Democracy, UK- It is time to give Firestone her due. Rereading her today, more than forty years after her work...