New paper! Primary Plastic Polymers: urgently needed upstream reduction From a team of authors at the Scientists' Coalition for Effective PlasticsTreaty #PPP #INC4 #PlasticsTreaty bit.ly/3U8RHmG

The #PlasticsTreaty needs to make sure that criteria and provisions address both fossil fuel-based and bio-based plastics. Hazardous chemicals are include in both types of plastics. New article from Alden Wicker Mongabay #PlasticsTreaty #INC4 news.mongabay.com/2024/04/biopla…

Lots to see and do at CalEPA + California Natural Resources Agency's #EarthDay celebration where our boards and departments turned out to showcase their work and provide kids + their families with some hands on experience on how to protect our environment and our communities.

New paper out today...science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

1/Today, doubts were expressed about the negative impacts of #microplastics. We invite #INC4 delegates to consult the ToMEx tool created by scientists to inform the development of health-based thresholds to support California legislations on water quality. microplastics.springeropen.com/articles/10.11…

Hi #INC4 👋 from 1966 when the film The Third Pollution was made about the build up of, among other things, plastic containers in landfills. Opens w/ the line “We might someday be known as the generation standing knee deep in garbage firing rockets at the moon.” #plasticstreaty

1/Good to read these encouraging words: „If anything, positions are becoming more entrenched, with an increasingly self-confident majority of countries advocating a treaty with product bans & other rules along “the full life cycle” of #plastics and… #INC4 medium.com/points-of-orde…

#INC4 came to a close last night. 5 Gyres was proud to play a role in the @scientists_coa, alongside 350 global scientists, serving as a resource for delegates to negotiate a #PlasticsTreaty based on facts. 📸: @iisd_news

Consistently inconsistent: the false promise of ‘#sustainable’ #plastics | Cambridge Prisms: Plastics | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/49Q41hB #PlasticsTreaty #PlasticPollution

New modelling study found that breathing rate, particle shape and size affect transport and deposition of nano and #microplastics in the human respiratory tract. While larger particles concentrate in the anterior nose, smaller ones are more evenly spread. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Plastic doesn’t belong in our environment ❌ Our recently published paper revealed just 56 companies are responsible for more than half of all branded plastic pollution. Read the full paper to learn more: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… 📸: Meg Haywood Sullivan

Join me for a webinar hosted by Los Angeles County Bar Association and Roux on Tuesday, June 11 form 11:30 - 1:30 PST to learn about #legal aspects (current and upcoming) concerning #microplastics. rouxinc.com/introduction-t…

Teens in TX won the Gordon E. Moore Award at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair for their invention - a novel ultrasound-based technology for removing #microplastics from water. Bravo!! projectboard.world/isef/project/e…

New: 3D particle tracking of #microplastics settling in algal suspensions. High tech by Valerie de Rijk et al. 2024. bit.ly/3XidoUz

Quantifying microplastics released from microwavable containers advancedsciencenews.com/scientists-qua… Dr. Susanne Brander 🐟 🌊 Scott Coffin, Ph.D. Imari Walker-Franklin | Microplastics Bae | PhD Emily Stevenson Healthy Earth NGO Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research pnwmicroplastics Ian Weissman, DO Kara Wiggin Rachel Kozloski Bethanie Carney Almroth #PlasticsTreaty #INC4 Laura Vandenberg Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH

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Thanks Virginia Gewin for discussing and including thoughts on this study from me, Scott Coffin, Ph.D. and others. Great job summarizing such a complex issue. pnwmicroplastics #tirepollution #microplastics

Received this devastating email from a collaborator in Bangladesh today. Science and free thought are openly persecuted in many places in the world. A reminder that every act is political, and that we must never take things for granted. #MarchForScience #Resist ✊

First findings of #microplastics (MPs) in human uterine fibroids (UF). MPs were significantly higher in UF tissues in diseased patients. #Raman spectroscopy of 48 patients linked higher levels to takeout meals and bottled water consumption. #WomensHealth sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🔍 Curious about #microplastics and effects on health? Tune into National Academies’s webinar Aug 28. Register here: events.nationalacademies.org/43578_08-2024_… I'll be participating on the panel along with Margaret Spring Imari Walker-Franklin | Microplastics Bae | PhD Scott Coffin, Ph.D. Anil Patri #EnvironmentalHealth pnwmicroplastics