==Military helicopter crashes in western Russia

All the crew on board the Mi-28 died in the incident near Kaluga, the Defense Ministry has said==

A Russian military helicopter has crashed in the western part of the country, killing all of its crew members, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said.

In a statement early on Thursday, the ministry said the Mi-28 went down in Kaluga Region, about 320km southwest of Moscow, while carrying out a pre-planned flight.

The aircraft crashed in an uninhabited area and caused no further damage on the ground, officials added. Preliminary data indicated that the incident was caused by a technical malfunction. A Russian Aerospace Forces commission has been dispatched to the site to investigate.

Kaluga Governor Vladislav Shapsha confirmed the crash, saying it happened in the Zhizdrinsk district on the border with Bryansk Region, which in turn is on the frontier with Ukraine. Local officials cited by TASS said the helicopter went down in a heavily wooded area not far from the village of Klyonki.

The Mash Telegram channel reported that the aircraft, which is often used on drone-hunting missions, was returning from a combat sortie. A source claimed to the outlet that a crew member had detected a fire on board while returning to base, presumably due to an engine malfunction. As a result, the pilot diverted the helicopter to an uninhabited zone to avoid potential civilian casualties.

The Mi-28, which made its maiden flight in 1982, is a two-seat all-weather attack helicopter that has several modified versions.

https://www.rt.com/russia/601617-russia-military-helicopter-crash/

Major class action thrown out as Federal Court finds insufficient evidence to prove weedkiller Roundup causes cancer

There is insufficient evidence to prove the controversial weedkiller Roundup causes cancer, the Federal Court has ruled.

Roundup's parent companies Monsanto and Bayer were taken to court in a major class action, with hundreds of Australians claiming their exposure to the product's active ingredient, glyphosate, caused non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

After hearing evidence in a lengthy trial, Justice Michael Lee said on the balance of probabilities, the plaintiffs failed to prove that the products caused cancer.

Justice Lee acknowledged there were mixed views in the scientific community about the risks of Roundup, and said further research could provide a more definitive answer.

"One thing is plain — the science is not all one way," he said.

The judge said none of the scientific studies presented at the trial led him to conclude there was "clear and compelling" evidence that glyphosate caused cancer in mammals.

The lawsuit against Monsanto and Bayer has now been dismissed.

Glyphosate has been hailed as transformative for farmers, weed sprayers and gardeners but there has also been widespread debate about its safety.

About 500 glyphosate products are currently approved in Australia.

Latest in a string of legal battles

The current lawsuit, brought by plaintiff Kelvin McNickle and backed by Maurice Blackburn, alleged the weedkiller was carcinogenic and that its manufacturers were negligent about risks the product posed to customers.

Mr McNickle, who is in his early 40s, developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma after two decades of exposure to glyphosate while working for his family's vegetation management business in Queensland.

About 800 others joined Mr McNickle's class action lawsuit.

Roundup's manufacturers, who insist the product is safe, have been locked in legal battles with class action litigants in Australia since 2019.

Bayer has also been the subject of numerous legal cases in the United States.

In 2020, it paid out $US10.9 billion ($16.6 billion) to settle 95,000 Roundup lawsuits.

However, Bayer claims it has won 14 of its previous 20 cases at trial, and has vowed to appeal recent US losses where it was ordered to pay out a combined $1.1 billion in damages.

In 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer said glyphosate was "probably carcinogenic to humans", based on what it described as "limited" evidence of cancer in people.

But two years later the local regulator, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, said it believed the chemical was not cancer-causing from its analysis of scientific research.

In November 2023, the European Commission voted to approve glyphosate usage for another decade, although not all members states agreed to back the proposal.

Andrew Weidemann, the southern director of Grain Producers Australia, said he had used the herbicide for nearly 40 years and believed it was safe.

"It's one of the greatest tools invested in my time of farming," he said.

If Roundup was banned, Mr Weidemann said he feared for the future of food production.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-25/federal-court-herbicide-roundup-cancer/104142688

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2 August 2003

Kidney trafficking is "big business," says Council of Europe

Dr Vermot-Mangold said that during a factfinding visit to Moldova last year she interviewed several people who had sold their kidneys through trafficking networks that link Moldova, Turkey, Ukraine, and Israel.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1323242/

July 24, 2007

Nine Israelis suspected of trafficking in organs and humans have been arrested and remain in custody, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.

https://www.smh.com.au/world/israelis-break-up-organ-trafficking-ring-20070724-gdqove.html

3 Dec 2009

Ukraine Academic: Israel Imported 25,000 Kids for Their Organs

Jews and Israel have become a major motif of the presidential election campaign in the Ukraine.

https://www.haaretz.com/2009-12-03/ty-article/ukraine-academic-israel-imported-25-000-kids-for-their-organs/0000017f-db7b-d856-a37f-fffb68b50000

22 Dec 2009

Doctor admits Israeli pathologists harvested organs without consent

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/dec/21/israeli-pathologists-harvested-organs

6 August 2010

Report: Israeli Suspected of Running Ukraine Organ Trafficking Ring

According to Army Radio, the ring recruited potential kidney donors online, paying $10,000 per kidney, before sending the organs to Israel.

https://www.haaretz.com/2010-08-06/ty-article/report-israeli-suspected-of-running-ukraine-organ-trafficking-ring/0000017f-dc17-db22-a17f-fcb77e530000

12 Israelis arrested in Ukraine for organ trafficking

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/12-israelis-arrested-in-ukraine-for-organ-trafficking

2 November 2011

Organ Gangs Force Poor to Sell Kidneys for Desperate Israelis

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-11-01/organ-gangs-force-poor-to-sell-kidneys-for-desperate-israelis

01/06/2018

Israeli behind organ trafficking ring is arrested

https://www.dw.com/en/israeli-mastermind-behind-organ-trafficking-ring-is-arrested-in-cyprus/a-42051747

21 November 2019

Kazakhstan holds doctor over Israel-linked organ harvesting scheme

Police say destitute people from Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan were forced to sell their kidneys to wealthy foreigners, mostly Israelis

https://www.timesofisrael.com/kazakhstan-holds-doctor-over-israel-linked-organ-harvesting-scheme/

27/11/2023

Israel 'stealing organs' from bodies in Gaza, alleges human rights group

Concerns about 'organ theft' by Israel's forces from dead Palestinians were raised by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor.

https://www.euronews.com/2023/11/27/israel-stealing-organs-from-bodies-in-gaza-alleges-human-right-group

MAY 5, 2024

Israeli organ-trafficking network busted in Turkiye

Israel has long been at the center of international organ trafficking networks and has stolen organs from dead Palestinians

https://thecradle.co/articles-id/24729

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