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Previously deadlocked talks to curb plastic pollution are restarting. Some who want a strong agreement say they are being excluded.
In April 2026, Malaysia began enforcing an absolute ban on e-waste imports, having previously been one of the main recipients of imported electrical and electronic waste.
Makanan & Pertanian
Heavily reliant on pesticides, Thai agriculture is ‘trapped in a vicious cycle’
Five years after Thailand banned paraquat and chlorpyrifos, farmers and consumers remain unsafe from the overuse of other dangerous agrochemicals.
Plastic pollution and drug-resistant infections are usually regarded as separate global crises. But emerging research suggests links between them: Microplastic particles in the environment are colonised by bacteria, and those bacteria develop antibiotic resistance at an unprecedented rate.
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