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More Indonesians are eating fish as part of their regular diet but microplastics do make it risky. There are ways to mitigate that risk.
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Food security is national security
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An updated law prohibiting forced labour is limited to formal employment relationships. Workers in sectors that are unregulated are not sufficiently protected, nor does the law reach workers who have free movement, but suffer mistreatment.
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