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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

After 60 Years, ‘Silent Spring’ Is Still Changing the World | Civil Eats — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News | Barbara Crane Navarro

Source: After 60 Years, ‘Silent Spring’ Is Still Changing the World | Civil Eats — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News | Barbara Crane Navarro

A New Zealand Minister’s ‘war’ with the media · Global Voices

Tracy Watkins, editor of the Sunday Star-Times, wrote that Peters is engaging in “misdirection and misinformation” and that he is using his office “to further erode trust and respect in the media.” She also criticized the motives of authorities who echo the baseless claims of Peters about the media:

Why have so many powerful people bought into this argument? Because it muddies the boundary between truth and lies. Because a weakened media is good for them. What politician wouldn’t want that? They don’t particularly like being answerable to the media and they like even less the scrutiny that comes with public office.

Source: A New Zealand Minister’s ‘war’ with the media · Global Voices

Sex and Surgery – CRAIN’S COMMENTS

The gender of the surgeon is related to the cost of your surgery. According to a study from researchers at the University of Toronto, when the surgeon in male, the average cost of a surgery is $6,000 higher than when the surgeon is female.

The study was based on medical records for 1,165,711 adult patients who had surgeries between January 2009 and December 2019. The surgical procedures included coronary artery bypass grafting, appendectomy, hysterectomy, anterior spinal decompression, and knee replacement. All surgeries were conducted in the province of Ontario, Canada.

Source: Sex and Surgery – CRAIN’S COMMENTS