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🔵 Micro2026 is a great opportunity to share, learn and act in a crucial time for our planet.
🟢 Come to Cádiz, Spain on 12-16 October.
micro2026.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/…
#micro2026 #PlasticsPollution #GlobalPlasticsTreaty
Los estudios muestran que los pélets no solo actúan como contaminantes físicos, sino también como portadores y fuentes de sustancias químicas potencialmente peligrosas. ✍️ @carmenmc.bsky.social (@univcadiz.bsky.social)
Con @bcarneyalmroth.bsky.social & Andy Booth
Gracias a las coautora/es del trabajo publicado en Environmental Science & Technology
‼️La causa de los pélets de Galicia se ha archivado, pero el problema de fondo continúa
theconversation.com/la-causa-de-...
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IPEN Science Advisor Dr. Therese Karlsson co-authored a commentary documenting decades of research showing the threats to ocean environments posed by plastics commonly spilled during shipping. The piece calls for stronger global rules to prevent plastic spills.
Read more: ipen.org/news/scienti...
Big thanks to @theresekarlsson.bsky.social, @bcarneyalmroth.bsky.social, Amy Youngman, Hideshige Takada, Edward J Carpenter, Andres Arias, Semia Gharbi
Jennifer Lavers, Hermantha Withanage, Sinja Rist
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. ⚓
Even Antarctica🇦🇶 is not as remote as we like to think
In new work we explore plastic contamination in Antarctic ecosystems -a reminder that plastic pollution is truly global. 🌍
Originally developed from a student project, now part of the growing evidence of our planetary footprint 👣
Global health impacts of plastics systems could double by 2040 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
#plasticpollution
#plasticslifecycle
#humanhealth
#globalwarming
#airpollution
#toxicchemicals
Cómo acaban los plásticos de la agricultura en las profundidades del Mediterráneo
theconversation.com/como-acaban-...
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It's happening:
MICRO 2026
12-16 October in Cádiz, Spain
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🐢Necropsias de animales marinos revelan que un tercio de las aves y la mitad de las tortugas habían ingerido macroplásticos
🗨️ @carmenmc.bsky.social: "Muchas especies afectadas son comunes en nuestras aguas y muestran interacciones con desechos plásticos"
sciencemediacentre.es/el-estudio-d...
La economía mundial se duplica desde 2000, pero persiste la pobreza y aumenta el daño planetario www.lavanguardia.com/economia/202...
In the #plasticstreaty negotiations, China is the 800-pound gorilla, so even subtle shifts are important. We all heard them break from the Saudi-led "like minded countries" in Geneva. The question is, where does this road lead? www.politico.eu/article/chin...
🔴Fracasan las negociaciones para sacar adelante el tratado mundial de plásticos
🗨️ @carmenmc.bsky.social presente en Ginebra: "Un tratado débil no es deseable ya que podría mantener al mundo atado a un acuerdo incapaz de poner fin a esta contaminación" sciencemediacentre.es/fracasan-las...
Scientists´Coalition ready for plenary at INC5.2
The science is undeniable: plastic pollution harms people and the environment throughout its entire life cycle. We already know enough to justify urgent action. Ignoring the scientific evidence will only worsen plastics’ impacts on human health and the environment. @scientistscoa.bsky.social #INC5.2
✅ Sediments act as the main sink of detected plastics.
✅ Concentrations decrease with depth but remain trapped above the pycnocline.
✅ Particle density, size, and shape influence vertical transport.
✅ Low-density polymers dominate the surface, while high-density polymers accumulate deeper.
🌊 Incredibly proud of Rocío Quintana Sepúlveda on her paper in ES&T
"Vertical Distribution and Composition of Plastics in Coastal Areas of the Gulf of Cádiz: Insights into Transport Dynamics"
🔗 Read the full open-access article here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Delegates at the UN plastic pollution treaty talks in Geneva must secure an ambitious global agreement so they can look future generations in the eye stated Prof Richard Thompson,who was named one of Time’s 100 most influential people . www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We need an effective Global Plastics Treaty that protects life on this planet 🌍. We need it to be built on the foundation of the best available science🔬 and traditional knowledge🌱, transparent 📃, binding, and free of conflict of interest🛢. We need to keep the high ambition+action! Here we go #INC5.2
🧪 “One estimate of the health damage from just three plastic chemicals – PBDE, BPA and DEHP – in 38 countries was $1.5tn a year.“
We need a #PlasticsTreaty that regulates #plastic chemicals to protect human and ecosystem health as well as our economy!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Very timely article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
We will never have a strong Treaty that "ends" plastic pollution if lobbyists 🤑 are driving the negotiations.
👉🏾We do have the science we need to build a strong Global Plastics Treat that protects life on this planet 🌍🌿🌊
Let's do it right
#INc5.2
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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Super-timely PlastChem work mapping #plastic chemicals has made the rigorous peer-review of @nature.com! It concludes removing known chemicals of concern, disclosing the chemical composition & simplifying the formulation of plastics can provide pathways towards safer plastics in a #PlasticsTreaty.
Enormous inventory of plastic chemicals could shape safer future use
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#Plastics
#polymers
#additives
#chemicals
#phthalates
#bisphenols
#humanhealth
#environment
#plasticpollution
#sustainable
#plasticchemicals
#chemicalproperties
#hazards
#exposure
🥁 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.
doi.org/10.1017/plc....
