HIDDEN THREATS IN YOUR TAKEOUT
Food Delivery Orders up During COVID-19, with Unintended Consequences for Health and the Environment
When the world could no longer eat together in restaurants at the beginning of this year, many of us turned to take-out, delivery, and fast food. Orb Media's investigation uncovers this global trend's inherent risks to both human health and the environment - and what we can do about it.
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POWERFUL AND PROVEN
How Community Health Workers Build Health and Equity Worldwide
From the bustling capital cities of Asia to the rural towns of North America, public health has become a top concern of policymakers, pundits, and individuals everywhere. In the face of the current threat of COVID-19, societies are urgently looking for answers to their most pressing local health needs.
THE PLASTIC QUESTION
THE RIGHT CHOICE IS HARDER THAN IT LOOKS
A high tide of journalism, activism, and corporate public relations has made plastic a priority for people around the globe. One out of four respondents in an Orb Media online poll of 42,000 people in 30 countries said they are “extremely worried” about plastic. But heightened awareness has bred confusion over people’s responsibilities and options…
FIGHTING BLIND
STRUGGLING TO CLOSE THE TERRORIST PIPELINE
Since 2001, governments have spent trillions of dollars fighting terrorism, yet the number of countries impacted by terror attacks has grown. And an even larger percentage of the public now accepts this violence. This focus on military and law enforcement has left prevention programs poorly funded and lacking evaluation.
UNDER WATER
HOW RISING WATERS COSTS US ALL
As higher temperatures lead to sea level rise and more extreme rainfall, a growing number of people around the world are living with catastrophic flooding. We find that the human and financial costs of flooding are already much higher, and much longer-lasting, than many think—even if you don’t live anywhere near the sea.
Adults younger than 40 are between, nine and 17 percent more likely to join in activism than those older than 40 -- a marked increase from the early 2000s, when under-40s were only three percent…
A key factor related to the health and even wealth of older people around the world is something remarkable simple: respect. And research shows that the way you view old age can determine…
Original reporting by Orb Media reveals microplastic contamination of bottled water from leading brands around the world. What that means for your health is still a mystery.
The Plastic Inside Us
Plastic is everywhere: the most enduring, insidious, and intimate product in the world. Recent studies have shown the shocking extent of plastics in the world’s oceans and lakes. Orb Media followed with a new question: If microscopic plastic is in oceans, lakes, and rivers, is it in drinking water as well?
FINANCIAL SHOCK
It doesn’t matter who you are or where you live; the question isn’t if you’ve faced a financial emergency but when — and when you did, how you managed it. We use this question as a barometer to measure the efficacy of financial inclusion and the success of…
MONEY EMERGENCY
The World Bank’s 2014 Global Findex survey suggests that formal financial structures give people resiliency when financial emergencies happen, but it turns out that formal financial structures don't increase a person’s ability to weather a financial shock.
BREAKING GROUND
Life comes from the ground up. All life, virtually every bite of food you’ve ever eaten, comes from the brown stuff, Soil. And while we don’t think about it, soil is a finite resource—a living ecosystem that’s way more complex, important and fragile than you think.