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Tracing the toxic story of tear gas

Investigating tear gas – from factory to Black Lives Matter protest – Imani Jacqueline Brown uncovers a toxic legacy where pollution, violence and racism are intimately entwined.

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When skin bleaching goes wrong

Warnings about permanent health damage don’t deter those using skin-bleaching products for years on end. Read the story of one woman who suffered from liver failure after years of striving to be paler.

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Healthy scepticism

Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.

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When wounds replace words

For the many thousands of refugees waiting in Greece, the process to establish the truth of their tragic personal histories is often extremely upsetting. But a group of medics and legal workers is working together to make the system more humane.

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  • I feel safer using condoms : find out what else you can do to protect yourself from HIV and other STIs... : call African AIDS Helpline, 0800 0967 500 : it's free, confidential, safe to call / produced by Black Health Agency, NAHIP, NHS.
  • Be a man, use a condom : find out what else you can do to protect yourself from HIV and other STIs... : call African AIDS Helpline, 0800 0967 500 : it's free, confidential, safe to call / produced by Black Health Agency, NAHIP, NHS.
  • We are women, men, black, white, religious, non-religious, HIV positive, HIV negative, untested, sons, daughters, carers, parents, students, NHS/local authority workers ... and proud : Lesbian & Gay Switchboard ... Terrence Higgins Trust / produced by the West London Health Promotion Agency.
  • We are women, men, black, white, religious, non-religious, HIV positive, HIV negative, untested, sons, daughters, carers, parents, students, NHS/local authority workers ... and proud : Lesbian & Gay Switchboard ... Terrence Higgins Trust / produced by the West London Health Promotion Agency.
  • A man in a suit smiling with one finger raised, advocating use of condoms for gay men; an advertisement for safe sex by the Authority of Labor, Health and Social Affairs, Hamburg and the Office of Public Health - Health Promotion / AIDS. Colour lithograph by Transglobe Black Box and DMB&B.
  • A man with a moustache points his finger with the message: 'Ohne gummi auf den Strich, so was tut Mann lieber nicht! [Without rubber/condoms on the streets, so what do men prefer no to!]; an advertisement for safe sex by the Authority of Labor, Health and Social Affairs, Hamburg and the Office of Public Health - Health Promotion / AIDS. Colour lithograph by Transglobe Black Box and DMB&B.
  • A nurse with one finger raised and the message: 'Wer's im Urlaub ohne treibt, ist im Kopf nicht ganz gescheit' [Whoever goes on holiday unprepared is not clever in the head]; an advertisement for safe sex by the Authority of Labor, Health and Social Affairs, Hamburg and the Office of Public Health - Health Promotion / AIDS. Colour lithograph by Transglobe Black Box and DMB&B.
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