Say what? Brothels use toxic steroids to make child prostitutes look ‘plump’

Dhaka. A steroid used for fattening cattle is proving hugely popular in Bangladesh's brothels to make young sex workers look older and plumper despite the dangerous side effects on their health. 

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Habari Zinazoendana

5 years ago

The Guardian

20 Mar

Coronavirus credit crunch could make 2008 look like 'child's play'

Coronavirus credit crunch could make 2008 look like 'child's play'  The Guardian

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

18 Nov

WARAH: They were prostitutes and porn stars, now they’re celebrities

>In 1810, Saartjie Baartman, a black woman from the Eastern Cape in South Africa, was smuggled into London where her naked body was put on display for four years.

 

11 years ago

Tanzania Daima

31 Mar

Hatari ya Steroids kwa wanamichezo, warembo

“MIMI hufikiria kuhusu madhara ya kutumia Steroids … Nitaishi muda gani? Lakini bado ninahitaji kuzitumia sasa,” haya ni maneno ya John, mwanamichezo wa kunyanyua vyuma vizito. Je, unaridhika na mwili...

 

5 years ago

ZME Science

05 Mar

Mpemba on steroids: the surprising way to heat some things faster

Mpemba on steroids: the surprising way to heat some things faster  ZME Science

 

5 years ago

BBC

03 Mar

Steroids at 16: South Africa's schoolboy rugby scene faces a widespread doping problem

Doping in South African schoolboy rugby is casting a shadow over the whole sport. Salmon van Huyssteen's story is just one chapter.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

11 May

Five more die after consuming toxic alcohol

Five people died Friday night and 11 more were hospitalised following the consumption of lethal alcohol at Flyover in Naivasha.

 

11 years ago

BBC

VIDEO: Toxic legacy of e-waste in Ghana

David Reid travels to Agbogbloshie, Ghana to meet the people who make a living from sorting toxic e-waste.

 

11 years ago

BBC

Top award for toxic dump campaigner

An anti-toxic dump campaigner in South Africa wins a prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

25 Jul

E. ZONE: 19 hospitalized after ‘toxic fish’ Iftar

19 residents of Micheweni fell ill after sharing a meal and were later admitted to hospital with cases of stomach ache and diarrhea.

 

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