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Environment Can condoms combat climate change?
Yes, and they should, argues an editorial in the new issue of the medical journal the Lancet.
In addition to boosting the health, standard of living and human rights of women, encouraging the use of contraception also will help save the planet, the journal argues. The calculus is simple: preventing unwanted pregnancies -- especially in the developing world -- translates into reduced demand for increasingly scarce and energy-intensive resources like food, water and shelter.
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