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Brazilian condoms will help save the rainforest

Brazil is starting the first government run condom factory in their country. They want to cut back on dependence upon imported condoms and save the rainforest while they're at it.


Their logic is a little convoluted, though. The government says this factory they're building will use rubber from trees in the Amazon, to produce 100 million condoms a year. By their reasoning, this will cut back on pressure for Amazon residents to fell trees, because it will give them another source of income and will provide jobs.

550 families will earn about $1.3 million a year in this new Brazilian condom industry.

I'm really not sure I trust the Brazilian government on this one. I just don't believe that their condom industry will be sustainable, nor am I certain that their rationale makes sense. It might work if the $1.3 million is actually distributed amongst those families, but I know that money sometimes has a way of finding it's way into the hands of the wrong people, rather than those who are supposed to be on the receiving end.

What do you think?

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