Shi En Kim is a D.C.-based freelance journalist who covers the scientific gamut. Nevertheless, stories about the environment sit near and dear to her heart, as she is originally from a county known for its impressive but fragile biodiversity: Malaysia. 
Study links pesticides to child cancer deaths in Brazilian Amazon & Cerrado
The researchers estimate that 123 childhood deaths during the 2008-19 period are associated with exposure to pesticides from the soy fields, amounting to half the deaths of children under 10 from lymphoblastic leukemia in the region.
