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Laura Margottini

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Laura Margottini

Isadora and her mother Emily. Isadora was one of roughly 3 000 children in Brazil to be diagnosed with Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.

The cancer drug was meant to save children’s lives. Instead, they’re dying

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia is the most common kind of childhood cancer but the drugs containing asparaginase are of poor quality, leaving 70 000 children at risk

  • Rosa Furneaux
  • Laura Margottini
28 min read
A heated tobacco stick used in an Iqos device contains more than 4mg of nicotine, eight times the amount often claimed by the multinational tobacco company. (Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Philip Morris International misleading the public about nicotine in heated tobacco products

A heated tobacco stick used in an Iqos device contains more than 4mg of nicotine, eight times the amount often claimed by the multinational tobacco company

  • Laura Margottini
  • Matthew Chapman
10 min read