Brazil makes ‘rainforest’ condoms

The Brazilian government has begun producing condoms using rubber from trees in the Amazon. The health ministry says the move will help preserve the largest rainforest in the world, and will also cut dependence on imported contraceptives, which are given away to fight AIDS (more than a billion have been purchased in recent years).

The Brazilian government has one of the biggest programmes in the world to distribute free condoms in the fight against the disease.