Read the Scientists declaration on #plastics multiple, interlinked, and cascading threats to human, animal and environmental health, presented at the #OneHealthSummit
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“Much more ambitious action from governments and industry transparency is needed to curb this growing global plastics public health crisis.” Megan Deeney, Research Fellow, LSHTM
Global health impacts of plastics systems could double by 2040
New research finds emissions from #plastics life cycle linked to health harms of global warming, air pollution & toxic chemicals
#PublicHealth 🌍
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Plastic pellets are not harmless cargo. 🐣
Decades of research show they are persistent, widely dispersed, ingested by wildlife, and capable of carrying hazardous chemicals across oceans. 🌍🌊
In our new perspective, we call on the IMO to recognize the risks and strengthen global regulation. ⚓
🌎 #COP30 : Quels liens entre les #plastiques et le changement climatique ?
📄 Nouvel article dans The Conversation France
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„Obesity rates continue to rise globally, and the pressure exerted by food systems on planetary boundaries shows no signs of abating.“
Plastics are the key enabler of globalized food systems…
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‼️New study shows that the amount of carbon released in volatile form after exposure of polypropylene #plastic to UV light is far from negligible: 17%!The molecular-sized gaseous products likely comprise alkane & alkene, peroxides, ketones, alcohols,acids, CO & #CO2.
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Glad this finally comes to light! UNEP and its Exec Director Inger Anderson have played a questionable role throughout the INC process but even the prospect of them staging a coup against the Chair is deeply concerning. #plasticstreaty
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The GEN is at the online event, "Traité Plastique International 5.2: Que s'est-il passé à Genève?", organized by La Fresque du Plastique, reflecting on the outcomes of #PlasticsTreaty #INC5.2.
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Nouvelle série consacrée aux déchets !
1er épisode : "Pollution plastique : un problème non traité"
A écouter sur @franceculture.fr
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Cette semaine dans Cultures monde (le retour!), une série sur les déchets🗑
1. 🧴Pollution plastique: un problème non traité
2. 🛳Commerce international: une marchandise comme une autre?
3. 🚮Du Caire à New Delhi, les chiffonniers
4. 🚛Le trafic illégal de déchets🇮🇹🌏
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Il n’y a aucun moyen de le savoir comme il n’y a aucun moyen de savoir quel cocktail chimique potentiellement toxique contient un objet en plastique, secret industriel.
"Le plastique ne se recycle pas à l'infini. On ne peut faire que 2/3 recyclages avant qu'il ne devienne un déchet ultime et le mettre en décharge ou l'incinérer avec des impacts importants sur l'environnement" @mfdignac.bsky.social reçue par @juliegacon.bsky.social www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
For the last several months, I've been digging through endless scientific literature on what happens when pregnant mothers are exposed to plastic chemicals in their food, water, and everyday household products.
The result is this story.
I hope you'll take the time to read.
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Podcast alert 🔔 Our recap of the #plasticstreaty negotiations - with @arharrington1.bsky.social
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In Geneva for the #PlasticsTreaty? Join us for a FREE screening of a powerful documentary that puts human health at the center of the plastic pollution crisis.
📅 4 August 2025
🕖 19:30 - 22:00
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/screening-...
#INC52 #BreakFreeFromPlastic #HomoPlasticus
In a rare collective intervention, more than 60 global experts publish open letters demanding a binding UN plastics treaty grounded in science, justice, and bold political will
#PlasticsTreaty
#PlasticPollution
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🔥 Important read about intimidation tactics, delay strategies and corporate capture, including potential lobbyist infiltration of UNEP in the global #PlasticsTreaty negotiations- much of this seems learned from the #BigTobacco or #BigOil playbook. #Plastic
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In #Geneva before #INC5.2
Homo Plasticus: Plastic Inside Us
📅 4 August 2025
🕖 19:30 - 22:00
📍 Pathé Balexert, Geneva
🎤 Panel discussion after the film
🎬 Directed by Élodie Bonnes | Produced by Découpages, ARTE France
🌍 Language: English with French subtitles
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Following the upcoming #plasticstreaty negotiation? Interested in insights, updates, fact checks, and more from our @scientistscoa.bsky.social?
Subscribe to our new INC Science Update newsletter! We will be sending it regularly throughout INC-5.2.
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Interested in the upcoming #plasticstreaty INC-5.2? Get regular insights, updates, fact checks, and more from a global network of independent scientists here:
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Maintenant disponible en français
🇫🇷 Pourquoi un traité mondial ambitieux sur les plastiques est essentiel pour les systèmes #agricoles, la sécurité #alimentaire et la #santé humaine
Version française publiée dans Etude et Gestion des Sols, Vol. 32, pp. 85-93.
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👇 My letter published today in the lead-up to the negotiations for the Global Plastics Treaty resuming Aug 5-14 in Geneva doi.org/10.1017/plc.... 🙏 Please read and share! Member states must come with courageous mandates to push back on the low ambition that has been allowed to drive the process.
Get involved in the construction of this epic artwork for #PlasticsTreaty #INC5.2!
🔸 If you're based in #GENeva and can help collect plastics, check the Plastics Collection Guide ▶️ docs.google.com/document/d/1...
🔸 Register to volunteer and support ▶️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Our paper is out in Nature: “Nanoplastic concentrations across the North Atlantic”. An estimated 27 million tons of NPs are there, even at depths over 4500m. Huge thanks to my brilliant MSc student Sophie and the sampling support from NIOZ! @ufz.de @ufz-cite.bsky.social
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Over the past few years, our PlastChem team has worked tirelessly to map the chemical complexity of #plastics. Today, we publish the findings in @nature.com. We hope this evidence propels the development of safer plastics to protect human health and environment. 1/4
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The next round of #PlasticsTreaty negotiations are coming up in August in Geneva. 🌍
Together, we must urge nations to adopt an ambitious and effective treaty.
👉 Join us. Contact your Minister now.
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#BreakFreeFromPlastic #BeatPlasticPollution #INC52
🥁 Important read for negotiators & other parties following the #PlasticsTreaty. In this Letter @scientistscoa.bsky.social provide independent evidence-based responses to selected articles of the Chair’s text: the latest draft of the treaty text currently under negotiation.
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📃 New paper by @kristiansyberg.bsky.social et al. highlights that "a circular #plastic economy should account for *all* societal costs"! #PlasticsTreaty
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A new study in Nature estimates there are 27 million metric tons of nanoplastic in the North Atlantic Ocean alone, and that these invisible plastic particles make up a greater fraction of marine plastic pollution than micro or macroplastics. @grist.org grist.org/science/ocea...
🔥 Powerful research calls plastic production a "Ponzi scheme" - benefits now, environmental costs later. Future generations face 6x higher microplastic exposure even under the best policies. Time to break the cycle at UN treaty talks this August. #PlasticTreaty #Microplastics #PlasticPollution