“Beached and commercial plastics’ leachates: Assessment of chemical composition and ecotoxicity to marine biota” Five plastic categories representative of beach litter from the Central Adriatic Sea were selected to assess the hazard of leachates to marine biota: …

On #EarthDay, we want to highlight this recent study by Mazzoli and colleagues which examined the wider effects of commercial plastics on marine life.

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Studying Microplastic Incorporation into Corals Using CARS Microplastic pollution is a serious threat to marine organisms, including reef-building corals. Corals are known to incorporate microplastics, which could potentially provide an archive of…

New paper from Takahashi and colleagues showing the use of coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy allows for rapid visualization of #microplastics incorporated in coral tissue and skeletons.

Contributors include @eurobioimaging.bsky.social, CSIL, National Research Council of Italy, EU Food Safety Platform, @ec.europa.eu , @embrc.eu, MIRRI ERIC, @cefic.bsky.social, National Hellenic research foundation, PARC, @instruct-eric.bsky.social , Barilla Group, and METROFOOD-IT.

The programme will include a keynote lecture, interactive roundtables, and a session on the current state of the art and research gaps, with a focus on identifying priorities for future action.

We are hosting a Stakeholder meeting in Brussels on 26 May!
This will bring together research infrastructures, policymakers and industry partners to discuss the impact of micro- and nano-plastics on food, health, and the environment!

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FHERITALE has signed a Terms of Reference agreement with the EU Food Safety Platform!

As a first step, the EU Food Safety Platform Coordinator Veronica Lattanzio will the FHERITALE stakeholder meeting in Brussels on 26 May.

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New review by Sayadi and colleagues in the Marine Pollution Bulletin. Their review looks at how adsorbent materials could be used to remove #microplastics and #nanoplastics from water as part of remediation efforts.

Online webinar from @cenmag.bsky.social sky.social featuring talks by Andrew P. Ault (Department of Chemistry, @umich.edu .edu) and Mustafa Kansiz (Photothermal Spectroscopy Corp) on using O-PTIR to detect and characterise #microplastics and #nanoplastics

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Interplay between microplastics and natural organic matter in association with environmental processes Microplastics (MP) have obtained remarkable attention from the scientific community owing to the potential damage they can cause to the environment. Several research works conducted towards consequences...

Recent review from Mattayil & Mouvenchery on the interplay between #microplastics and natural organic matter in soils, and how microplastics could alter processes such as carbon sequestration, nutrient cycling, and microbial activity.

New paper from Jia and colleagues on the synergistic toxic effects of polystyrene #microplastics and 17α-methyltestosterone in Gobiocypris fish, including histopathological alterations in the gills and liver, and upregulation of oxidative stress-related genes.

A law to reduce single-use plastic in Chile is now fully implemented!

This major win, which follows years of campaigning by Oceana, will keep thousands of metric tons of plastic out of the ocean every year.

Learn more about our campaigns to reduce single-use plastic: https://oceana.ly/3PLKt9M

Some great talks this morning at #EUBP Talk 2. Exciting to see how novel bioplastic-based polymers and fibres could help to phase fossil-fuel-based plastics out of the fibre and textile industries!

On #WorldHealthDay, we want to highlight the potential impact of micro and nanoplastics on human health via inflammation, oxidative stress, and the delivery of toxic chemicals or pathogens.
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84 Tonnes of Waste Removed from Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch - NANO | NF-POGO Alumni Network for the Ocean Researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi have removed 84 tonnes of derelict fishing gear from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, tackling one of the ocean’s most harmful forms of plastic pollution. Th...

#OceanNews 84 Tonnes of Waste Removed from Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch
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Immunotoxicological mechanisms of microplastics: A Molecular Perspective Micro- and nanoplastics are now routinely detected in food, water, and air, making human exposure unavoidable. Once internalized, these particles interact with biological systems that lack pathways…

Great summary article by Emilio Jose Orovengua of Microplastic Solution on the effects of #microplastics and #nanoplastics on the immune system!

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#waterquality #zeropollution #europeanenvironment | European Environment Agency 🌊 New rules to tackle water pollution in Europe: PFAS, pharmaceuticals and microplastics are now firmly in scope. The European Parliament has voted to strengthen EU water quality standards, adding a ...

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The latest deliverable from the FHERITALE project is here, produced in collaboration with
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We identified strategic technology and service needs by taking advantage of state-of-the-art AI technologies.
You can download this deliverable here: zenodo.org/records/1938...

How local materials and climate shape optimal vermifilter design The sanitation objective of Sustainable Development Goal 6, sanitation for all, is off-track and far from being completed by 2030. Vermifiltration could help address this gap: The nature-based sanitation management system shows increasing promise globally because of its low cost. Researchers at Eawag’s Sandec department visited vermifilter installations in India and Switzerland to examine how local differences influence their optimal design.

How local materials and climate shape optimal vermifilter design 🌱🐛

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The April 2026 FHERITALE newsletter is here! Inside, you’ll hear about the FHERITALE workshop in Bucharest last year, as well as our recent webinars and the results of the FHERITALE gap analysis.

You can read the newsletter here:
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EU publishes official PPWR guidance, answers FAQs

EU publishes official PPWR guidance, answers FAQs

The FHERITALE consortium is inviting stakeholders from across the research landscape to join us in Brussels on 26 May. We would love to hear from researchers, industry partners and policymakers!

For more information please see the attached flyer or visit our website: fheritale.eu/stakeholder-...

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It was great to attend the 2026 Agilent Environmental and Food Meeting today. There was a great range of talks from industry and academics alike about the detection and effects of contaminants on our food, health and wider ecosystems!

#ideation #waterresilience #freshwaterrestoration | Laurence Carvalho Good to have our FutureLakes peer-projects: FERRO Project's Tallent Dadi, PhD and #IDEATION Eloisa Vargiu joining us at this Mission Ocean and Waters social side-event last night to hear Sindre Langaa...

During the EU Ocean Days, the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) hosted a social evening event for selected collaborators at the premises of the Oslo Region European Office in Brussels.
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Instruct director Prof. H. Schwalbe participate in the meeting of ITACA.SB, a national programme that supports structural biology in Italy to intensify the links of the Italian community with Instruct-ERIC

Find out more here - instruct-eric.org/submit-propo... @schwalbe-lab.bsky.social

FHERITALE Webinar 3 | Untargeted approaches to marine pollutant monitoring YouTube video by Instruct-ERIC

Our latest FHERITALE webinar is now available to watch on YouTube! Featuring Dr Didier Stien of @sorbonne-universite.fr and @embrc.eu, and Professor Carlos Cordeiro of @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social.

You can watch all our previous webinars here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=78Hs...

Our second talk today comes from Carlos Cordeiro of @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social, outlining their work utilising mass spectrometry for marine pollutant monitoring.

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Our first speaker today is Didier Stein of @sorbonne-universite.fr and @embrc.eu, outlining their research on marine pollutants such as micro and nano plastics.

Find out more and join the webinar here - fheritale.eu/webinar-3

Join us today for the third FHERITALE webinar: Untargeted approaches to marine pollutant monitoring!

Today will feature talks from Didier Stein of @sorbonne-universite.fr and @embrc.eu, as well as Carlos Cordeiro of @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social

Join us here - fheritale.eu/webinar-3