Hey #plastics #chemicals tweeps! Have a gander at this SETAC session. Send your submission!

4.20 | Risks and Hazards of Plastics and Plastic Sorbed Chemicals: Knowledge and Future Challenges

Eric Carmona Elisa Rojo-Nieto SETAC Microplastics Interest Group SETAC Aquatic Toxicity Testing Interest Group

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It’s time for SETAC Lousiville! Who will be there? SETAC Microplastics Interest Group

We are excited to see some of you in Louisville this week! Don’t forget to join us for a ✨social gathering✨ on Tuesday at 7pm at ‘The Tavern on 4th’. This is not a private event - all are welcome!

SETAC Microplastics Interest Group @SETAC_world Still time to apply, use the direct link #microplastics #additives #ecotoxicology #analyticalchemistry AETOX SETAC Aquatic Toxicity Testing Interest Group SETAC Microplastics Interest Group @SETAC_world Analytical Chemistry Analytical Chemistry link.webropolsurveys.com/Participation/…

Happy August, SETAC MPIG! To reflect on #PlasticFreeJuly check out a new spotlight blog post on our website by our very own Valentina H. Pauna (she/her) on steps you can take to tackle plastic pollution in your life! #SETACMicroplastics

📢Fresh off the press Journal of Hazardous Materials |Letters |Advances: The complexity of #microplastic & #nanoplastic research in the genus #Daphnia – A systematic review of study variability & a meta-analysis of immobilization rates sciencedirect.com/science/articl… SETAC Microplastics Interest Group pnwmicroplastics

👏Hot of the press Environmental Science & Technology Journals: Role of Residual #Monomers in the Manifestation of (Cyto)toxicity by #Polystyrene #Microplastic Model Particles pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… SETAC Microplastics Interest Group pnwmicroplastics plasticsfate LimnoPlast

Job opportunity in #microplastics research! SETAC Microplastics Interest Group

#Paper is a cool material, hirachially complex material that can be functionalized for many different applications. #Polymers are needed to achieve e.g. superhydrophobic properties.

A new UN Environment Programme report, co-authored by Steve Fletcher,@AntayaMarch,Keiron Roberts finds plastic pollution could reduce by 80% by 2040, if there is a systemic approach by governments and businesses. #PlasticsTreaty #plasticpollution

Read more here
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Plastic “Recycling Could Create a ‘Ridiculous’ Amount of Microplastics”
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“UN has warned that chemicals in #microplastics are associated with serious health impacts including
👥changes to human genetics
🧠brain development
🤰🏻reproduction
insideclimatenews.org/news/16052023/… Inside Climate News

Check out this opportunity for a local implementation partner in the Maldives! As part of the @defragovuk Ocean Country Partnership Programme, and with other partners, eXXpedition is leading this project to help tackle plastic pollution🌊
Apply here➡️exxpedition.com/local-partner-…

To highlight the diversity STEM, the @SETAC_world Inclusive Diversity Committee is sharing spotlights of scientists in our field! Recently, we interviewed PhD. Cand., Ankita Bhattacharya to share her journey in STEM!

IG: instagram.com/p/CsTvTjEubyT/

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Exciting news! 🔬🌊🐠 A recent publication delves into the fascinating world of determining the age of microplastics in our oceans. Kyushu University #microplastics #marinelife #environmentalprotection kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/researches/…

In this new pre-print, we further the conversation on #plasticspollution and #planetaryboundaries . #PlasticsTreaty

➡️Why we cannot ‘technology-fix’ our way out of the plastics problem?
➡️Why plastic growth must be tackled?

Check it here🔗 eartharxiv.org/repository/das…

Great to see that there will be a Parliamentary Debate tomorrow about reducing #plastic pollution in the ocean Selaine Saxby MP. Check out this thread👇to see how you and businesses throughout the #SupplyChain can have an immediate impact by taking #NurdleAction Fauna & Flora