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Lead author Fiona Tang, a postgraduate research student at the
University of Sydney, noted that 34 percent of those high-risk lands are in biodiverse regions, 19 percent are in low- and lower-middle-income nations and five percent are in water-scarce areas.
Researchers studied use and spread of 92 active pesticide ingredients in 168 countries
Tang and her colleagues studied the use and spread of 92 active ingredients of pesticides in 168 countries. They considered an area at risk of pesticide pollution if the concentration of an active ingredient exceeded “no observed effect concentrations” (NOEC).
Meanwhile, the researchers considered an area at high risk if the concentration of an active ingredient was over 1,000 times higher than the NOEC.
scared of me, for crying
to the doctor If she comes down
I will feel panicked. I did not come down.
I stayed still for six days,
four of which I did not get out
of bed.
Through quick, blunt stanzas, 18-year-old Maya Siegel notes the initial wave of panic and tension that eased into her household as she was in quarantine. And she says, this thing that I absolutely adore, my mother starts to ration the seltzer water, Zapruder notes. Like this little detail that is so potent.
Claire Hammond
I can hear the birds chirping all the time now. I never used to listen to the birds before; too busy running around from activity to activity. So many things have been taken out of my life and replaced. Yes, by worry and fear, but also by time, my silver lining. For the first time in such a long while, I ve been able to just stop and sit. I ve been able to focus on myself and heal a bit, in a world that s so broken.
scared of me, for crying
to the doctor If she comes down
I will feel panicked. I did not come down.
I stayed still for six days,
four of which I did not get out
of bed.
Through quick, blunt stanzas, 18-year-old Maya Siegel notes the initial wave of panic and tension that eased into her household as she was in quarantine.
“And she says, this thing that I absolutely adore, my mother starts to ration the seltzer water,” Zapruder notes. “Like this little detail that is so potent.”
Claire Hammond
I can hear the birds chirping all the time now. I never used to listen to the birds before; too busy running around from activity to activity. So many things have been taken out of my life and replaced. Yes, by worry and fear, but also by time, my silver lining. For the first time in such a long while, I’ve been able to just stop and sit. I’ve been able to focus on myself and heal a bit, in a world that’s so broken.
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