Episode 224: Soiled Stowaways

<p>This episode explores new research, which has found that soil carried on sea freight is loaded with dangerous pests and diseases.</p> <p>--- Read this episode’s science poem <a href='https://thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/3753/soiled-stowaways/'>here</a>. Read the scientific study that inspired it <a href='https://neobiota.pensoft.net/article/98440/'>here</a>.    Read ‘This Soil’ by Alice Corbin Henderson <a href='https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?contentId=20268'>here</a>. --- Music by <a href='http://smarturl.it/thepaperwaits'>Rufus Beckett</a>. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: <a href='mailto:sam.illingworth@gmail.com'>sam.illingworth@gmail.com</a>   X: <a href='https://twitter.com/samillingworth'>@samillingworth</a>  </p>