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“This is green imperialism.”

Nor Mohamed Yakcop, Malaysia’s deputy finance minister, calling developed countries hypocritical in their criticism of China’s growing greenhouse gas emissions. He argues that many western companies are using China’s cheap labour to power industries that create pollution (AP, 25 June)

“It might help globetrotting hamsters, but at the moment there isn’t any evidence to suggest it works in humans.”

Jim Horne, director of the Sleep Research Centre at Loughborough University, UK, on claims that Viagra may help people recover from jet lag, based on the results of a lab study using hamsters (The Guardian, London,…

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