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Children. Cobalt. Lithium batteries. Are there electrical appliances that don’t cause any harm?

It is an explosive topic that is circulating around lithium batteries installed in e-cars. Should people buy cars of this type to protect the environment in Western countries, or should they not do so for ethical reasons? It seems almost bizarre. To protect children in German cities from nitrogen oxides, children elsewhere in the world …

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Delivery Services

Delivery services are making people’s everyday lives easier all the time. Clients expect their dinner to be warm, or their shopping cold and fresh, whenever it reaches their front door. The next time you irritably open the front door as the waiting time turns out to be slightly longer than promised, however, take a moment …

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Trauma and human trafficking – how can those affected be helped?

Victims of human trafficking are often traumatised by high levels of psychological and physical stress. They need professional support to deal with their traumas – but as a society, we too should be learning how to offer such help. HUMAN TRAFFICKING AS TRAUMATISING ENVIRONMENT People currently affected by modern slavery, or who have been in …

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Tourism on Mount Everest – Between identity theft and madness

Once a sacred, untouched mountain range – today a mass tourism destination. Mount Everest has long ceased to be an insider’s tip for extreme mountaineers. Rather, it has rapidly developed into a dispatch machine in the past few decades that brings people to the summit every day. Much to the suffering of the Sherpa and …

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Ghislaine Maxwell and her abominable deeds

The unconscionable scandal surrounding Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein is currently doing the rounds again, as the official sentence has been announced. The former socialite was eventually given twenty years for trafficking minors for purposes of abuse, or “grooming”. But was this judgement too lenient? And what does the accused herself have to say about …

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A ban on paying for sex according to the Nordic model: opportunities and risks

A debate is currently ongoing in Germany over whether a ban should be imposed on paying for sex, under what is often referred to as the “Nordic model”. This would make it possible in future for the people using the services of prostitutes to be fined, rather than the prostitutes themselves. While there are a …

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Tourism and Human Trafficking

Tourism has become increasingly cheap and more widely accessible in recent decades. Before the pandemic began, it was reckoned that approximately 1.8 billion people would be travelling every year by 2030. This increase in international and domestic travel produces huge benefits, of course, including greater cultural understanding, economic growth and the preservation of local monuments …

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