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Déjà vu as palm oil industry brings deforestation, pollution to Amazon
Producers say their supply chains are green and sustainable, but prosecutors cite a long record of land grabbing, deforestation, pollution, and human rights violations
by Karla Mendes on 12 March 2021
Palm oil, a crop synonymous with deforestation and community conflicts in Southeast Asia, is making inroads in the Brazilian Amazon, where the same issues are playing out.
Indigenous and traditional communities say the plantations in their midst are polluting their water, poisoning their soil, and driving away fish and game.
Scientists have found high levels of agrochemical residues in these communities though still within Brazil’s legal limits while prosecutors are pursuing legal cases against the companies for allegedly violating Indigenous and traditional communities’ rights and damaging the environment.
Many studies have investigated the benefits of vitamin D supplementation for MS, with mixed results.
A team led by Alexandrina Sartori, PhD, at São Paulo State University, Brazil, has been using experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), an animal model of MS, to show that administration of vitamin D during the preclinical phase of the disease could be prophylactic (preventive).
The preclinical phase of a disease is the period of time when symptoms are not yet apparent, but the disease is biologically present.
“We recently observed that an early intervention with [vitamin D], delivered 24 hours after experimental encephalomyelitis induction, prevented neurodegeneration,” the researchers wrote.
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Catalan-Matamoros) In order to avoid having journalistic content that is merely a reproduction of a few sources, it needs to offer a diversity of voices and perspectives. By disseminating quality health-related information, the news media can influence individual and collective decisions on vaccination. Sources are people (speaking on their behalf or as members or representatives of an institution or organisation) who offer information or suggestions to journalists when drafting a news story. From the point of view of agenda-setting theory, sources can play a key role in shaping public opinion on specific content, as well as influencing the approach of a news piece (framing). This study examines information sources on vaccines in the Portuguese press, thus identifying those who guided the topics and discussions on vaccination.
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As much of the world sees COVID-19 cases falling or leveling off, Brazil s outbreak is only getting worse.
Hospitals are reaching maximum capacity, deaths are at a record high and a more contagious variant is likely reinfecting people who already caught the virus. The level of desperation in Brazil is growing to unseen levels, said Gustavo Ribeiro, editor in chief of the Brazilian Report.
Meanwhile, Brazil s right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro continues to downplay the severity of the virus and the efficiency of masks while attacking governors who impose restrictions. I think he s celebrating the spread of the virus. The more confusion there is, the better for him, said Heloisa Pait, a professor of sociology at São Paulo State University.