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Deputy editor, Splinter, covering climate and more. Previous: The Messenger/Grid, bylines all over before that. Author: NOT A SCIENTIST: How politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science (2017, WW Norton). Davelevitan{at}gmail.com
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As many as 1 in 3 women in parts of the rife-with-labor-abuses sugar-producing region of India have had hysterectomies, largely as a way to try and keep working and avoid having to go to doctors. Coke and Pepsi are among the companies using this sugar. Deeply disturbing investigative reporting:As many as 1 in 3 women in parts of the rife-with-labor-abuses sugar-producing region of India have had hysterectomies, largely as a way to try and keep working and avoid having to go to doctors. Coke and Pepsi are among the companies using this sugar. Deeply disturbing investigative reporting:

The Brutality of Sugar: Debt, Child Marriage and Hysterectomies
The Brutality of Sugar: Debt, Child Marriage and Hysterectomies

An investigation into the sugar-cane industry in the Indian state of Maharashtra found workers ensnared by debt and pushed into child marriages and unnecessary hysterectomies.

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Deputy editor, Splinter, covering climate and more. Previous: The Messenger/Grid, bylines all over before that. Author: NOT A SCIENTIST: How politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science (2017, WW Norton). Davelevitan{at}gmail.com
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