This project is funded by @EPAResearchNews to examine the health impacts of Microplastics and Nanoplastics #EPAIrelandResearch
Dublin City, Ireland
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Thanks @MicroplasticsH this research relevant for the project will become available in english soon I will keep you posted
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Plastic is in our water, soil and air. As we struggle under the deluge of #plasticwaste, a giant factory in the US rises up to manufacture a million tons more. This has to stop🚨. We need urgent action from senior leaders to help #turnofftheplastictap ow.ly/gY1O50vzwAj
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"Recycling bins cannot resolve our consumption excesses [..] The only solution is to abandon our single-use disposable ethic."
👏 to @latimes reader Jennifer Pinkerton. We need industry to support our break-up with disposable plastic #turnofftheplastictap ow.ly/PS7L50vxnl7
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Magnetic carbon nanosprings for environmental remediation, fascinating @MicroplasticsH
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Food for Thought: Upset about the plastic crisis? Stop trying so hard
The cheapest and most effective solution to ocean plastic is strangely also the one that is least talked about: "It is this: making and using less #plastic." 🙌buff.ly/2YcQQDe
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Study of plastic consumption shows
It found that globally the average person consumes up to 1,769 particle of plastic each week from water, 182 from shellfish, 11... telegraph.co.uk/science/2019…
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Pressure and legal action from cosmetics companies delaying regulations on microplastics. Research @MicroplasticsH will help to drive policy in this area
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Microplastics exposure from air pollution is a massively underexplored issue impacting on public health that we are investigating @MicroplasticsH @DCUWater
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Environmental Impact Of Plastics Could Be Equal To 615 Coal-Fired Generating Plants By 2050 cleantechnica.com/2019/06/03…
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Our evidence review report found that many #microplastics start life as regular (macro)plastics, so this is an important development. sapea.info/microplastics (By “European council” they actually mean “council of ministers”)
European Council takes the Final Step on banning Single-Use Plastics - DCU Water Institute dcuwater.ie/2019/05/23/europ…
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One of the scarier opening slides from #SETACHelsinki 😉 Alvise Vianello #Aalborg using a breathing heated mannequin to simulate human inhalation exposure to indoor #microplastics #SETACMicroplastics Also look out for the free SIMPLE software for automated FTIR MP hunting soon
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🆕 HISTORIC DECISION !
The @EUCouncil adopts the #singleuseplastics rules proposed by the @EU_Commission!
The 10 plastic items most often found on European beaches will now be banned!
The 🇪🇺 is #ReadytoChange to #BeatPlasticPollution
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#PlasticsStrategy
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Dr. Sandra O'Neill @DCUWater outlines the new @EPAResearchNews funded project @microplasticsH on the impact of micro and nanoplastics on the human immune system
