A year in the making, we are happy to announce the launch of our state-of-the-science report on plastic chemicals.
Join us for the virtual launch on March 14th, 14:00 CET hosted by Geneva Environment Network.
Registration: https://plastchem-project.org
#INC4 #plasticstreaty #plasticpollution

The final part of my #PhD thesis has now been accepted and published in #Microplastics and #Nanoplastics! 🖖🥳📃🎓
I'm proud to have coauthored this study by Lisa Marie Oehlschlägel. We looked at water-air transfer of microplastics during #bubble bursting in lab experiments, with surprising results:
https://doi.org/10.1186/s43591-023-00079-x 🌊🫧💥

New #preprint: We screened #plastics food packaging from 5 countries for #chemicals and their #toxicity. Sadly no surprises here: Most of them had chemicals inducing endocrine or metabolism disrupting effects. PVC and PUR most toxic.

#INC3 #PlasticsTreaty

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.09.28.559713v1

ICYMI: In a recent study led by Christoph Schür, we demonstrate that #microplastics alone and in combo with non-plastic particles have negative population-level effects on aquatic inverts. Important in an ecological context and rarely studied. #plasticpollution

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004896972305146X

New paper out:
Mind the gap: forest soils as a hidden hub for global micro- and nanoplastic pollution

#plastic #microplastics #soil #soilhealth #forest

https://microplastics.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s43591-023-00067-1

LIVING IN A PLASTIC WORLD. VON DER TIEFSEE BIS ZUM MARS - SCHIRN PODCAST

Podcast in German by @anja

https://podcast0315d6.podigee.io/80-living-in-a-plastic-world-von-der-tiefsee-bis-zum-mars

Will be discussing our latest findings on hazardous chemicals in plastics tomorrow, Wed. 4 pm Nairobi time at the @unep webinar. Join us:

https://un-org-unep.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HILGuTsGTCeift5DXrAO_Q

#plasticstreaty
#inc3

My #PhD thesis is now published here: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00006977
Which means I'm now officially #PhDone! 🖖🥳🎓📃

Hyperspectral imaging is an underrated yet very powerful technique to analyze #microplastics. Check out Andrea Faltynkova’s new work: we developed & validated a workflow using chemoinformatics to identify pristine and weathered polymers. #PlasticPollution

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653523014534

Mayors panel on cities‘ actions on #PlasticPollution with inspiring cases from Mauretania, Indonesia, USA. Local action key if well connected to national and global level. #INC2 #PlasticsTreaty

.@andersen_inger: People are disgusted by #PlasticPollution, so the negotiations of the #PlasticsTreaty cannot be endless and we need ambition. A systemic redesign of the plastic economy is the DNA of the solutions. #INC2

Starting the pre #INC2 with @BCarneyAlmroth and Trisia Farrelly at the Paris climate academy. What can cities do for the #PlasticsTreaty?

En route to #INC2 in Paris, I re-listened @plastisphere‘s wonderful #PlasticsTreaty episode. Just in case you want to catch up…

https://m.soundcloud.com/plastisphere-podcast/ep13-treaty-science-policy

Take a look at our policy brief on plastic chemicals and polymers! Relevant for #INC2 #PlasticsTreaty

Download the brief here: zenodo.org/record/7941525
Spanish and French versions coming soon.

This is big. No #embargoes. No #APCs.

"The #EU is ready to agree that immediate #OpenAccess to papers reporting publicly funded research should become the norm, w/o authors having to pay fees & that the bloc should support #nonprofit scholarly publishing models.

In a move that could send shockwaves through commercial scholarly #publishing, the positions are due to be adopted by the Council of the EU member state governments later this month."
https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-europe-infrastructure-2023-5-eu-ready-to-back-immediate-open-access-without-author-fees/

#Europe #RightsRetention

Yet Another Problem With Recycling: It Spews Microplastics | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/yet-another-problem-with-recycling-it-spews-microplastics/
#microplastics

#Paracelsus', “the dose makes the poison”, is an irresponsible axiom for #managing #persistent substances that accumulate in the environment. In 1962, #RachelCarson did not know that PFAS could be a poison, and in 2023, scientists are still researching the dose.

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Regulations for persistent substances must be #precautionary to prevent their poorly reversible accumulation in the environment, and NOT just #reactionary like the #StockholmConvention, requiring proof of - or damage from - accumulation in the environment.

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How to avoid the next Silent Spring? As shown by using #chemicalstripes in @EnvSciTech, #PFAS use started before #RachelCarson wrote Silent Spring in the 60s.

...Since then #persistent chemical pollution has gotten out of control.

What do do?

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.3c01735

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To improve #management of persistent substances, we need to:

1) improve experimental testing 🧪👩‍🔬
2) develop in silico methods💻🖱️
3) strengthen regulatory options 🔖👩‍⚖️

More: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.3c01735

💙
with @DagnyAurich @ESchymanski @DrKerryS @PMsarahehale

@ZeroPM_H2020
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