Even South Africa’s remote sacred springs are not untouched: research found microplastics in all nine tested, including waters used for healing and drinking.
Rhodes University
Founded in 1904, Rhodes University is a well-established University located in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
It is a small research intensive university which enjoys the distinction of having amongst the best undergraduate pass and graduation rates in South Africa, outstanding postgraduate success rates, and the best research output per academic staff member.
The University takes pride in its motto, Where Leaders Learn, and in producing graduates who are knowledgeable intellectuals, skilled professionals, and critical, caring and compassionate citizens who can contribute to economic and social development and an equitable, just and democratic society.
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Honorary Professor at the Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University
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Professor of Psychology, Rhodes University
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Associate Professor Educational Technologies, Rhodes University
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Sustainability Researcher, Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Rhodes University
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Research Associate, Neil Aggett Labour Studies Unit, Rhodes University
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Researcher, ARUA Water Centre of Excellence, Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University
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Associate Professor, Rhodes University
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Senior Researcher, Critical Studies in Sexualities and Reproduction, Rhodes University
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Professor of Environmental Science, Rhodes University
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Professor of Higher Education, Rhodes University, South Africa, Rhodes University
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Associate Researcher, Rhodes University
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Associate Professor at the ARUA Water Centre of Excellence Academic Manager, Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University
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Research associate, Rhodes University
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Researcher in Environmental Science, Rhodes University