Nadine Macalalad, Author at Ologist.ph

Death by plastic: Are bioplastics the answer to pervasive pollution?

ByNadine Macalalad April 30, 2025August 3, 2025

The Philippines is one of the biggest contributors to plastic pollution. We can try to reduce our plastic footprint, but its practical properties simply make it impossible to eliminate from the market on a meaningful scale currently. This is why bioplastics may provide a promising alternative.

Biomedicine Features

Making sense of the Philippines’ rising HIV cases

ByNadine Macalalad December 1, 2024August 3, 2025

World AIDS Day has been commemorated every December 1st for more than 30 years now to highlight the efforts toward curbing the threat of HIV/AIDS and to remember the lives lost due to inaction both past and present.

Biomedicine Features

Growing up below the poverty line, street children’s health suffers the consequences

ByNadine Macalalad November 10, 2024August 3, 2025

The way the Philippines as a country is faring in terms of maintaining children’s nutrition—particularly the children in more vulnerable economic situations—needs to be reviewed.

Author: Nadine Macalalad

Death by plastic: Are bioplastics the answer to pervasive pollution?

Making sense of the Philippines’ rising HIV cases

Growing up below the poverty line, street children’s health suffers the consequences

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