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The Dirt on Agricultural Plastic Pollution of the Soil in the U.S. and China Posted: 09 Mar 2022 09:01 PM PST Farmers in the United States and China who grow strawberries, melons, and other fruits and vegetables often face the same arduous challenge—after harvesting they must gather up and dispose of the plastic mulch used to increase production. After months in the hot sun, the plastic sheeting starts to shred and break apart, leaving fragments behind […] Related posts: China Increasing Agricultural Production on a Sea of Plastic Hitting the Brakes on Plastics in China's Food Delivery Industry:... Continue reading on NewSecurityBeat.org |
Raising Momentum for Integrating Respectful Maternity Care in Humanitarian Settings Posted: 08 Mar 2022 09:01 PM PST Greater than one third of all women experience mistreatment during facility-based childbirth. Mistreatment, particularly in humanitarian settings, may include verbal or physical abuse, poor patient-provider rapport, a lack of information about maternal and newborn health (MNH) services for both pregnant women and providers, lack of privacy within facilities, challenges with receiving informed consent from women […] Related posts: Respectful Maternity Care and Maternal Mental Health are... Continue reading on NewSecurityBeat.org |
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