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Microplastics in Soil – Small Size Big Impact on U.S. and Chinese Agriculture

Posted: 27 Apr 2022 09:01 PM PDT

Collecting plastic fragments was a game he played while helping his parents farm when growing up in rural Shandong Province, says Dr. Zhao Kaiguang, who is now an associate professor of Environment and Natural Resources at The Ohio State University: "I wanted to collect the most, but did not realize the serious negative implications of […] Related posts: The Dirt on Agricultural Plastic Pollution of the Soil in the U.S. and China U.S. and Chinese Aquaculture Taps into a Carbon-Free...

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New Global Health & Gender Policy Brief: The Global Care Economy

Posted: 26 Apr 2022 09:01 PM PDT

Care work makes all other work possible. It is also the fastest-growing sector of work in the world—projected to add 150 million jobs by 2030. The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the importance of care work. It has also exposed how women perform most caregiving work, which is unpaid, underpaid, and/or undervalued. Globally, women and girls […] Related posts: The Care Economy is the Backbone of the Economy Caring for Those Who Give Care: How COVID-19 Created a Crisis for Caregivers Break...

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