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President Donald Trump's administration told CDC policy analysts last week that seven words ― "fetus," "transgender," "diversity," vulnerable," "entitlement," "evidence-based" and "science-based" ― could no longer be used in the agency's documents, according to The Washington Post.
Earlier this month, the Trump administration told CDC policy analysts that seven terms ― "fetus," "transgender," "diversity," "vulnerable," "entitlement," "evidence-based" and "science-based" ― could no longer appear in documents used to prepare the agency's budget, The Washington Post reported Dec. 16. .
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Banning the words "fetus," "transgender," "diversity," and "vulnerable". is being met with widespread outrage (as it, of course, should be).
The list itself consists of words like "science-based," "diversity," and "vulnerable," but perhaps the most concerning is the banning of the word "transgender".
CR: critically endangered; DD: data deficient; ED: evolutionary distinctiveness; EDGE: Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered; EN: endangered; LC: least concern; PD: phylogenetic diversity; VU: vulnerable.
"Any school district that is doing anything around these issues of promoting diversity is feeling vulnerable right now," says Amy Stuart Wells, a professor of education at U.C.L.A.
Most commercial cultivars were developed from a narrow pool of A. chinensis germplasm, and the current lack of genetic diversity makes kiwifruit vulnerable to new diseases and hinders cultivar improvement.
Syria's ethnic and religious diversity also makes it vulnerable to exploitation by regional sectarian powers.
But we also learn of the dangers of restricting diversity, leaving crops more vulnerable.
Bananas, sorghum and aubergines are among those with very little genetic diversity, making them highly vulnerable to new threats.
Although the Cavendish has thus far been resistant to such a pestilent invasion, its lack of genetic diversity leaves it equally vulnerable to evolving pathogens and pests.
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