[Melian]

As many as 9,355 children are estimated to have suffered sex abuse in Germany’s protestant churches since the end of the Second World War, a new study has revealed.

An extensive 871-page report by independent researchers found the incidence of abuse since 1946 was much higher than previously thought, with many of the estimated 3,497 perpetrators hired to official positions in the clergy.

Some 2,225 document cases of wrongdoing were reviewed in the study commissioned by the church itself in 2020, which paid 3.6mn euros (£3.1m) to analyse various internal structures that enable such abuses of power to go on.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13006589/More-9-000-child-victims-feared-abused-German-Protestant-church-sex-scandal-going-decades-number-tip-iceberg.html

[Melian]

Exposure to fireproof chemicals found in everything from pajamas, sofas and electronics may cause birth defects and pregnancy problems - and scientists say they are unavoidable.

California researchers studied thousands of cases and found a ‘compelling’ link.

Link between overweight youngsters and moms exposed to OPEs while pregnant:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13001781/Exposure-fireproof-chemicals-pajamas-sofas-electronics-cause-birth-defects-pregnancy-problems-scientists-say-unavoidable.html

“Baby on floor, hands in mouth”