Mexico Ignores Warnings about Bisphenol A
Emilio Godoy* - TierraméricaMEXICO CITY, Dec 20 2011 (IPS) - Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical found in strong plastics, is...
Month: September 2024
EUROPE-INDIA: Trade Deal Threatens ‘Pharmacy of the Developing World’
BRUSSELS, Feb 14 2012 (IPS) - Behind closed doors, a trade deal affecting a fifth of the world’s population has...
Africa’s Political Instability Hinders Maternal Health Progress
Kristin PalitzaABIDJAN , Mar 20 2012 (IPS) - Political instability, civil strife and humanitarian crises in Africa have over the...
Q&A: Restructuring the Planet’s Food System
Charundi Panagoda interviews DANIELLE NIERENBERG of Worldwatch InstituteWASHINGTON, May 1 2012 (IPS) - Thirty percent of food is wasted globally,...
Family Planning and Subsistence Agriculture Key to Food Security
Papua New Guinea is a natural habitat for diverse food crops and wild plants. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPSPORT MORESBY, Jun 6...
U.N. Urged to Take Lead in Aiding Cholera-Stricken Haiti
An infected child resting on the floor of the Doin medical centre near Saint Marc, a town in the Artibonite...
“Two Children May Have Died for You to Have Your Mobile Phone”
MALAGA, Spain, Sep 12 2012 (IPS) - It’s possible that two children died so that you could have that mobile...
‘Malala’s Cause Is Our Cause’
Malala Yousufzai supporters in Peshawar. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS.LONDON, Oct 24 2012 (IPS) - Less than two weeks after being left...
New HIV Epidemic Looms over Romania
WARSAW, Nov 27 2012 (IPS) - New HIV infections among Romanian drug users have grown exponentially over the past couple...
Q&A: It’s the Beginning of the End for FGM
When God told Abraham to sign the covenant of the flesh, he circumcised all the male children and he was...