An EPA funded research project on the occurrence and sources of PERsistent, MObile and TOXic substances in Irish waters
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🚨 Calling all Citizen Scientists!
Join the DCU Water Blitz 💧 Sept 26–28, 2025
Help us track pesticides & persistent chemicals in Irish waters 🧪🇮🇪
No experience needed — we’ll send the kit!
🔗 Sign up now: forms.gle/2buAmucGnYepvvY68
#WaterBlitz #CitizenScience #CleanWater
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Huge news! 🔬🌊 @DCUWater, led by Prof. Fiona Regan, secures €1.5M from @MarineInstituteIE for #MariBiome! This project pioneers non-intrusive #eDNA testing to monitor Ireland's marine health, microplastics & pollutants. Game-changing for our oceans!
aquatechtrade.com/news/circu…
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🧪 Exciting news! Our very own Rebecca is leading the charge on the 2025 DCU Water Blitz 💧 Mark your calendars for Sept 26–28 and join us in this citizen science effort to protect our water 🌍 #DCUWaterBlitz #CitizenScience #WaterQuality
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So excited for this project! Please make sure to sign up to become a Citizen Scientist and share to anyone who may be interested 🌊😁
💧 Be a Citizen Scientist! Join #WaterBlitz 2025 (Sept 26–28) to help detect pesticides & chemicals in freshwater.
🧪 No science background needed
📍 Sample locally
⏱️ 30 mins
👉 Sign up by Aug 25: lnkd.in/eBrihraN
#WaterQuality #CitizenScience #CleanWater #DCUWater
Sign up now to take part in this joint collaboration project investigating the prevalence of Persistent, Mobile, Toxic chemicals throughout Ireland 🧪🌊
💧 Be a Citizen Scientist! Join #WaterBlitz 2025 (Sept 26–28) to help detect pesticides & chemicals in freshwater.
🧪 No science background needed
📍 Sample locally
⏱️ 30 mins
👉 Sign up by Aug 25: lnkd.in/eBrihraN
#WaterQuality #CitizenScience #CleanWater #DCUWater
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How drinking water will become scarcer and more polluted as climate change impacts hit Ireland buff.ly/ooHfIYj
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“Ireland’s plan to weaken legal protections for waterways will push many of them beyond recovery”
“the urgent need for restoration is clear.”
“Instead, they will face a future as engineered channels.”
Good explanation of the issue by @ellamcsweeney 👇
irishtimes.com/environment/2…
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More than 60 world leaders, government delegations, marine experts, climate activists, businesses and community representatives are meeting in Nice for the United Nations Ocean Conference rte.ie/news/2025/0609/151741…
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🌍💧 This #WorldWaterDay, we highlight the urgent need for clean water access—2.2B people still lack safe drinking water.
At DCU Water Institute, we're tackling water challenges through:
🌊 Quality monitoring
🔬 Contaminant research
🤝 Global collaboration
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☕ Join us for our first Water Café of 2025!: Environmental antibiotics in urban water 🦠💦
Don’t miss this opportunity to engage over coffee and conversation!
📅 February 28th| Hybrid (Online & DCU)
🔗 Register here: shorturl.at/EUXs2
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Join us for our first Water Café: Understanding Environmental Antibiotic Resistance in Urban Waters 💧🦠
📅 Date: Friday, February 28th
⏰ Time: 2:00 PM (Irish Time)
📍 Location: Online & at DCU
Featuring special guest Nicole Fahrenfeld
Register now: eventbrite.com/e/dcu-water-c…
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🔬🌍 Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science at DCU Water Institute! 💙💧
From pioneering water monitoring technologies to driving climate resilience research, the incredible women at DCU Water are making waves in science, innovation, and sustainability. 🌊✨
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Water Research on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
epa.gov/water-research/water…
@EPAResearchNews @DCU_Research @DCUWater #epa #DCU #PFAS #EPAIrelandResearch
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Why are #TFA and other #PFAS planetary boundary threat?
In a new #ZeroPM video, Ian Cousins, Hans Peter Arp and Emma Palm are interviewed by Sarah Hale to discuss their analysis on this issue.
youtu.be/NyShFTVyu2o
#planetaryboundaries
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📺 Tune in tonight at 8:30 PM on RTE One's 10 Things to Know About!
Our director, Fiona Regan, shares her research on the occurrence and impact of PFAS— "forever chemicals"—in Irish waters. Don't miss it! 🌊🔬
Next up on @10Things_ToKnow Ep 6: Plastics! 🧪
Be sure to tune in to RTE One on Monday December 9th at 8:30pm as EPA-funded researcher Fiona Regan takes us through their research on PFAS chemicals in Irish surface waters and how they affect human health. 💡
@EPAIreland @DCU
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In this ES&T perspective, @hanspeterarp discusses the potential long-term, irreversible impacts from the rapidly increasing #emissions of #TriFluoroaceticAcid and calls for immediate action to reduce emissions of TFA and its precursors.
#OpenAccess: go.acs.org/byr
ALT TOC image from the article
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#TFA is a global threat. In @EnvSciTech we argue that its unprecedent rise to be the most dominant #PFAS in water, blood and plants, along with what we don't know about chronic impacts, require #precaution and #innovation for lowering emissions.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
