Methodology and geo-referenced mapping of agricultural plastic waste in Finland and Norway The growing use of plastics in agriculture has improved farming systems but created new waste management challenges. While research in Southern Europe…

Methodology and geo-referenced mapping of #agricultural #plastic waste in Finland 🇫🇮 and Norway 🇳🇴

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A political party looking to form a government after the next election would be smart to consider a platform that looks to negotiate a ‘new deal’ with municipalities, cultural groups and especially the Indigenous communities that we share this land with.

Tracing Marine Macro- and #Microplastic #Pollution from #Ships: A Material Flow Analysis for the Northern Aegean Basin

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New findings on the performance of anaerobic reactors: Ecotoxicological assessment of sublethal effects of antibiotic mixtures in wastewater on freshwater invertebrates The widespread occurrence of antibiotic mixtures in aquatic environments due to domestic and hospital effluents poses a significant ecotoxicological t…

New findings on the performance of anaerobic reactors: #Ecotoxicological assessment of sublethal effects of #antibiotic mixtures in #wastewater on #freshwater #invertebrates

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Microplastics in Aquatic Environments

#Microplastics in #Aquatic #Environments

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Combined pollution of microplastics and antibiotics in agricultural ecosystems: occurrence, mechanisms, and risks Antibiotics and microplastics are two classes of emerging contaminants of significant concern in agricultural ecosystems. This review examines their i…

Combined #pollution of #microplastics and #antibiotics in #agricultural ecosystems: occurrence, mechanisms, and #risks

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Quantification of microplastics in soil and sediments using dry ice assisted fractionation with an Agilent 8700 laser direct infrared chemical imaging system This study reports a novel protocol for the extraction and quantification of 14 different polymers in soil and sediments. The method used in this work follows the conventional drying, density separati...

Quantification of #microplastics in #soil and #sediments using dry ice assisted fractionation with an Agilent 8700 laser direct infrared chemical imaging system

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Visitor Perceptions of Reusable Foodware Implementation at Grand Canyon National Park: A Pilot Study for Messaging and Graphic Design Considerations

www.mdpi.com/2313-4321/11...

#reuse
#reduce
#singleuseplastic
#plasticpollution

Towards a ‘theory of change’ for ocean plastics: a socio-oceanography approach to the global challenge of plastic pollution - Microplastics and Nanoplastics Socio-oceanography is an emerging field which mobilises insights from natural and social sciences to explore the inter-connectedness of societal relationships with the ocean and to adopt a holistic ap...

Towards a ‘theory of change’ for ocean plastics: a socio-oceanography approach to the global challenge of plastic pollution

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#plasticpollution

Trump asked for $1.5 Trillion for the military.

This would add TRILLIONS MORE TO THE NATIONAL DEBT.

TRUMP WANTS $2.2 TRILLION FOR HIS SPENDING.

BUT HE IS WILLING TO CUT EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, HOUSING AND VETERANS

MAYBE WE SHOULD TAX THE FUCKING RICH

SAY NO TO THIS PEDOPHILES CRAZY SPENDING

Grimace at the finish at the Butter Trail parkrun 🏃

Photo credit: Sharon Noel (#parkrun Run Director)

#parkrun #89 for me at the Butter Trail parkrun. 🏃

All #humans (except for the four #Artemis II astronauts) live on this tiny planet 🌍.

#NASA

#Pharmaceuticals and personal care products and their sublethal and lethal effects in #aquatic organisms

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#personalcareproducts
#PPCPs
#prescriptiondrugs
#fragrances
#cosmetics
#contaminants
#sewage
#wastewater
#persistence
#bioaccumulation
#toxicity

‘We were at a loss’: the couples trying to get pregnant by removing plastics from their lives New Netflix documentary The Plastic Detox follows an epidemiologist’s radical new plan to boost fertility in three months. We meet the couples whose lives were turned upside down – and in some cases, ...

More on endocrine disruptors here, with anecdotal reports of unexplained infertility resolving by avoiding domestic plastics.... www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

this has gone under the radar, but this crisis has also caused a global spike in the cost of plastic, which seems almost certain to increase the cost of food

similar to energy we need to defossilize food systems, reducing dependence on single-use plastics, shifting to more sustainable reuse models

Erm... "what dosage would show any effect?" Microplastics are not a threshold pollutant. They're not even one material.... ?! There's no 'safe' dose that human enzyme systems can handle before swamped....

A marine pollution governance assessment framework - the case of emerging tyre wear particles governance in the European Union Despite global regulatory efforts over the last 50 years, marine pollution remains a persistent challenge. Its transboundary nature requires a multifa…

A marine pollution governance assessment framework - the case of emerging tyre wear particles governance in the European Union

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Pathways to harmonization: aligning circularity and sustainability goals in extended producer responsibility policies for packaging Recycling market disruptions and rising recycling costs have sparked growing interest in Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging (EPRP) as a ci…

Pathways to harmonization: aligning circularity and sustainability goals in extended producer responsibility policies for packaging

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An investigation of attitudes toward plastics in four countries—The public is concerned and wants solutions The public in the Netherlands, Australia, India, and the Philippines is surveyed to examine public attitudes toward plastics and the potential acceptance of mitigation and management strategies. Resul...

An investigation of attitudes toward plastics in four countries—The public is concerned and wants solutions

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#PlasticPollution
#PlasticWaste

I think this has to be my first reference by phone for a student whilst bushwhacking. I’ve done loads on trails before, but that was fun.

🚨 Nice shiny new paginated paper with Gabriel Enrique De-la-Torre ⬇️

Deadlock at INC-5.2: Understanding the blocked progress of the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations

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@universitypress.cambridge.org
@dalhousieu.bsky.social
#PlasticsTreaty
#PlasticPollution

Small particles, large questions: unravelling the toxicity and potential health risks of PET micro-/nanoplastics - Particle and Fibre Toxicology Despite the extensive use of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), the public health implications of its micro- and nanoparticles (MNPs) remain poorly understood, raising credible concerns about human exp...

Small particles, large questions: unravelling the #toxicity and potential health risks of PET #microplastics / #nanoplastics

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Microplastics and chemical contaminants of polymers in Cage-Cultured Fish: A pioneering case study from Ashtamudi Ramsar Lake, India Occurrence of microplastics (MPs) in aquaculture species remain understudied in India. This research analysed microplastics (MPs) and associated chemi…

#Microplastics and #chemical #contaminants of #polymers in Cage-Cultured Fish: A pioneering case study from Ashtamudi Ramsar Lake, India

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Have passports. Will travel!

... (and to have contributed to chapter 8 on degradation, fragmentation and aggregation).

📖 This book is a great collection of knowledge on the complex intricacies of micro- and nanoplastics in our environment.

Thanks for leading this effort @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social, Nisha Singh & Thilo Hofmann

You’re welcome, and thank you for your patience 👍

Proud to have written a chapter on micro- and nanoplastic environmental transport and fate modelling (chapter 9) in this new RSC book on Microplastic and Nanoplastics in the environment, together with @pradodomercq.bsky.social @samharrison.science and @mattmacleod.bsky.social

Launched on Monday, this book offers a timely, research driven foundation for anyone wanting to understand the science and the complexity of this global issue➡️ books.rsc.org/books/edited...

#RSCBooks #PlasticInTheEnvironment #Microplastics #ChemSky

Drought drives elevated antibiotic resistance across soils - Nature Microbiology Drought conditions in soil systems lead to elevated concentrations of natural antibiotics, as well as the enrichment of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms, highlighting a link between climate and the...

Love that one...

Drought and heat develops now such an intensity that it slaughters it's way through the ecological systems of our planet

Same we observe in the oceans

Biosphere now in free fall

Fascist billionaires are toast - they just do not know it yet!

#climate