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📢Las #lagunas_costeras son ecosistemas cruciales para la conservación de la biodiversidad 🐟🏞️🌎y el sustento de comunidades enteras👨👩👦👦, que están amenazados con la contaminación por plásticos🚮 | @RedDivulga | @CrueUniversidad | @UniBarcelona | @UBDivulga | Abro #hilotesis 📚|
🏞️Las #lagunas_costeras son muy vulnerables a la contaminación debido a la baja tasa de recambio de sus aguas⏳🔄🌊. Los microplásticos son uno de los contaminantes que afectan estos ecosistemas y que requieren investigación👨🔬👩🔬🔬. #basurasmarinas #wetlands #microplastics 
📚Muchos de los estudios previos sobre microplásticos en #lagunas_costeras han examinado su presencia en aguas🌊, sedimentos y organismos🐟por separado. Una visión integrada ayudaría a entender mejor su dinámica, los riesgos de su acumulación y la afectación sobre el ecosistema🧐
3 problems with global #sustainability goals in terms of plastic soup - Plastic Soup Foundation plasticsoupfoundation.org/en/2021/08/thr…
#Plasticpollution is standing in the way of achieving at least 12 of the 17 sustainability goals. This was made clear in an article published in Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry.
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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In the case of plastic soup, it is not only about floating #plastic in the ocean (#SDG14), but about a lot more.
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‼️ NEW ANALYSIS ‼️
Do you know that we breathe #Plastics too😱?
Today we released a new briefing analyzing the health impacts of invisible micro- and nano-plastics in the air: ciel.org/reports/airbor…
A short thread with key takeaways from the brief 🧵👇
Do you know that we breathe #Plastics too😱?
Today we released a new briefing analyzing the health impacts of invisible micro- and nano-plastics in the air: ciel.org/reports/airbor…
A short thread with key takeaways from the brief 🧵👇
🥤Multiple sources, same origin: #Microplastics are ubiquitous in our environment, but they are mainly invisible. They can be intentionally produced or result from the fragmentation of larger plastics. They are part of the bigger #StoryOfPlastics, as they are a human creation.
When airborne, micro- and #Nanoplastics can travel quickly & cover great distances.
They can move thousands of kilometers in a matter of days to weeks, affecting even remote populations.
Humans can breathe airborne these #Plastics that move through the body via the bloodstream.
They can move thousands of kilometers in a matter of days to weeks, affecting even remote populations.
Humans can breathe airborne these #Plastics that move through the body via the bloodstream.
Good reasons to start wearing a respirator #N95
Protects you against #COVID reinfections #LongCovid and increased long term health risks of heart attacks, strokes, Diabetes and brain damage.
The air we breathe is full of #microplastics #ProtectYourLungs #Pollution
Protects you against #COVID reinfections #LongCovid and increased long term health risks of heart attacks, strokes, Diabetes and brain damage.
The air we breathe is full of #microplastics #ProtectYourLungs #Pollution
#ClimateChange is one of the easiest selling points for your woke politicians to spend money they don’t have on weather problems they can’t fix and keep y’all in a state of fear on an impending doom.
The reality is all those experts, scientists, politicians follow the money
The reality is all those experts, scientists, politicians follow the money
Here’s a prev thread 🧵 on #ClimateChange #ClimateScam
Before Brexit the UK was signed up to the water framework directive requiring EU nations to ensure their waters achieved “good” chemical & ecological status by 2027. @DefraGovUK & @EnvAgency have shifted this target to 2063! We must fight this in 2023. amp.theguardian.com/environment/20…
Abject failure @theresecoffey @pow_rebecca
“Not one English waterway, including rivers, lakes, estuaries & coastal waters is in good ecological & chemical health at present, with pollution from water treatment plants & agriculture the key sources of the damage.” @sandralaville
“Not one English waterway, including rivers, lakes, estuaries & coastal waters is in good ecological & chemical health at present, with pollution from water treatment plants & agriculture the key sources of the damage.” @sandralaville
Here’s this story @thetimes: “Target for cleaning up most waterways pushed back to 2063” by @rhysblakely thetimes.co.uk/article/target…
…I drove the perimeter. It was hard not to think of my great-grandfather, born in Galacia/Austro-Hungarian Poland, and who fled to avoid conscription in the years before WWI. Had he not left, would I be here? 5/x
But here’s why I’m really telling you all this: After it was cotton mill, but before it became condos, it was — no, I’m not kidding… 6/x
…A Tupperware Factory — called b/c of cite legacy a Tupperware Mill! (I guess plastics history — like plastics themselves— is all around us). The address is now: One Tupperware Drive. Clip from 1965 film, The Wonderful World of Tupperware. #envhist #plasticpollutiin 7/x
@EthicalHourNews @BrendaChoi19 I'm other words, #Mattel corporation will, after 8 yrs, sell, as a successful, expdnding business, even more items, but each wrapped in 75% current environmentally catastrophic fossil-fuel-derived plastics. In short, @Mattel MIGHT do a little less wanton harm
#Maeketing
#Ethics
#Maeketing
#Ethics
@EthicalHourNews @BrendaChoi19 @Mattel This is how corporations trashing ecosystems, polluting & clogging, for millennia, oceans, soils, our bodies, with plastics, microplastics, toxic plastic breakdown products, cunningly deploy otherwise ethical organizations, institutions to do their marketing.
#CorporatePillaging
#CorporatePillaging
@EthicalHourNews @BrendaChoi19 @Mattel Let's not admire and praise ruthless, greedy, selfish companies, run by members of the #BillionaireClass, devastating environments, societies, whenever they issue, for PR purposes, proclamations of "green" proposals, not to stop, but slightly reduce the immense damage they do.
Soon California will monitor #microplastics in #drinkingWater and inform consumers. Law requires @CaWaterBoards evaluate #humanHealth risks and consider developing a numerical guidance level.
We convened an expert workshop to inform the state.
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microplastics.springeropen.com/articles/10.11…
We convened an expert workshop to inform the state.
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microplastics.springeropen.com/articles/10.11…
We started by scraping the literature for toxicity studies. Of the >220 studies, 74 were relevant for humans. We focused on in vivo studies (n = 41) due to the lack of a framework for quantitative assessing in vitro particle toxicity data.
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@todd_gouin et al. screened each study for relevance and reliability for understanding impacts. No single study met all criteria, so a subset was selected as being absolutely critical for evaluation (red criteria).
Most studies did not use enough doses to pass criteria.
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Most studies did not use enough doses to pass criteria.
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Tyre dust: the ‘stealth pollutant’ that’s becoming a huge threat to ocean life
Plastic in the depths: Scientists spent decades on the trail of a mystery toxin killing #Salmon en masse. Mystery of the mass deaths seemed to occur after heavy rains #pnw #yvr
theguardian.com/environment/20…
Plastic in the depths: Scientists spent decades on the trail of a mystery toxin killing #Salmon en masse. Mystery of the mass deaths seemed to occur after heavy rains #pnw #yvr
theguardian.com/environment/20…
first real breakthrough happened when they tested actual runoff collected from a nearby road and exposed test salmon to it. The fish died within hours
Tested this product @environmentca🤔
..carefully shaved tiny fragments of tyre & soaked them in water. “When we tested the tyres it killed all the fish".. culprit a toxic chemical 6PPD-quinone, product of the preservative 6PPD, added to tyres to stop them breaking down #Plastic
..carefully shaved tiny fragments of tyre & soaked them in water. “When we tested the tyres it killed all the fish".. culprit a toxic chemical 6PPD-quinone, product of the preservative 6PPD, added to tyres to stop them breaking down #Plastic
🆕 @VUamsterdam' s study found that nearly 80% of the meat & dairy products from farm animals tested by scientists contain #Microplastics.
🤯 Where does that plastic come from? Most likely it originates from livestock feed.
READ in @guardian.
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theguardian.com/environment/20…
🤯 Where does that plastic come from? Most likely it originates from livestock feed.
READ in @guardian.
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2/4 - The presence of #Plastics in livestock could originate from the intentionally added #Microplastics in pesticides and fertilizers used to grow animal feed.
Find out more in our latest report 👇
ciel.org/reports/microp…
Find out more in our latest report 👇
ciel.org/reports/microp…
3/4 - In March, VUA researchers reported #Microplastics in human blood for the first time.
The discovery of the particles in blood shows they are ubiquitous in our environment, food, and bodies.
Read more about the impacts of #Plastics on our health ⤵️
ciel.org/plasticandheal…
The discovery of the particles in blood shows they are ubiquitous in our environment, food, and bodies.
Read more about the impacts of #Plastics on our health ⤵️
ciel.org/plasticandheal…
"In a nation plagued by hidden poverty, what makes us most vulnerable is the basic moral contradiction of poverty, which we have tried to ignore for the past 40 years. 140 million Americans– 43% of adults and 52% of children–are suffering in plain sight." greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2022/05/17/dai…
Climate simulations: recognize the ‘hot model’ problem
nature.com/articles/d4158…
#ClimateSimulations, #CoupledModelIntercomparisonProject, #WorldClimateResearchProgramme, #ComputerModels
nature.com/articles/d4158…
#ClimateSimulations, #CoupledModelIntercomparisonProject, #WorldClimateResearchProgramme, #ComputerModels
Power Grid Operators Warn Of Potential Electricity Shortages Amid Transition To Clean Energy | ZeroHedge
zerohedge.com/commodities/po…
#RenewableEnergy, #PowerGrid, #ElectricityShortages, #CleanEnergy, #BatteryStorage, #FossilFuelPowerPlants
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#RenewableEnergy, #PowerGrid, #ElectricityShortages, #CleanEnergy, #BatteryStorage, #FossilFuelPowerPlants
"Nearly 1/2 of Canadians are expected to develop #cancer during their lifetime & approx. 1 in 4 Canadians are expected to die from it." [Deloitte/CMA] How has this been normalized?
Instead, citizens fear a cold-like #virus w/ median infection survival rate of 99.77% or higher.
Instead, citizens fear a cold-like #virus w/ median infection survival rate of 99.77% or higher.
Aug 2021: "#cancer care disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to 21,247 more cancer deaths in Canada in 2020-2030, assuming treatment capacity is recovered to 2019 pre-pandemic levels in 2021."
#Lockdowns as catalyst to #4IR #telehealth.
#Lockdowns as catalyst to #4IR #telehealth.
#Ontario: "there was a significant uptick in virtual care... more than 42 million specialist consultations... Despite this massive shift to #virtualcare, many patients still reported difficulty accessing chronic disease care during the pandemic."
#4IR #Telehealth #Privatization
#4IR #Telehealth #Privatization
You are what you eat ~ We eat microplastics everyday.
Microplastics (5mm to 1 micron in size) & nanoplastics (less than 1 micron) are discoverable in human organs & research is in progress to discover how microplastics and nanoplastics affect our health. #CleanerSeas thread👇🏼
Microplastics (5mm to 1 micron in size) & nanoplastics (less than 1 micron) are discoverable in human organs & research is in progress to discover how microplastics and nanoplastics affect our health. #CleanerSeas thread👇🏼
“It would be naive to believe there is plastic everywhere but just not in us. We are now providing a research platform that will allow us & others to look for what is invisible - these particles too small for the naked eye to see… cont. 👇🏼
The risk [to health] really resides in the small particles.” Rolf Haldon, Arizona State University.
Cont. 👇🏼
Cont. 👇🏼
Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 11/25/2021 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2021/11/25/dai…
Millions of crabs shut down the streets on Australia's Christmas Island
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#RedCrabs #australia #ChristmasIsland
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#RedCrabs #australia #ChristmasIsland
The impact of flowering plants on the evolution of life on Earth
phys.org/news/2021-11-i…
#evolution #FloweringPlants #impact #ResearchResults
phys.org/news/2021-11-i…
#evolution #FloweringPlants #impact #ResearchResults
Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 11/02/2021 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2021/11/02/dai…
The answer to the biodiversity crisis is not more debt
nature.com/articles/d4158…
#biodiversity #FinancialInvestmentProducts #private #public #EnvironmentalImpact #EconomicOutput
nature.com/articles/d4158…
#biodiversity #FinancialInvestmentProducts #private #public #EnvironmentalImpact #EconomicOutput
LEARNING ALL THE WRONG LESSONS: WHY AN OVER-THE-HORIZON APPROACH TO COUNTERTERRORISM WON’T WORK
mwi.usma.edu/learning-all-t…
#ForeignPolicy #MilitaryIntervention #counterterrorism #OverTheHorizon #consequences
mwi.usma.edu/learning-all-t…
#ForeignPolicy #MilitaryIntervention #counterterrorism #OverTheHorizon #consequences
Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 10/21/2021 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2021/10/21/dai…
Rapid Proliferation of Pandemic Research: Implications for Dual-Use Risks
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mB…
#ResearchLifeCycle #DualUseRisks #DualUseEvaluations #PreprintPublishing #DisseminationOfResearch
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#ResearchLifeCycle #DualUseRisks #DualUseEvaluations #PreprintPublishing #DisseminationOfResearch
The Frightened Class
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#privilege #anxiety #PublicHealth #SocialCommentary
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#privilege #anxiety #PublicHealth #SocialCommentary
1/7.
Join us for a discussion in SETAC Europe 32nd meeting session 4.1 Advancing the field of nano,- and microplastic toxicity exposure scenarios to better support risk assessments.
Abstract submission is now open and the deadline is 1.12.21
Join us for a discussion in SETAC Europe 32nd meeting session 4.1 Advancing the field of nano,- and microplastic toxicity exposure scenarios to better support risk assessments.
Abstract submission is now open and the deadline is 1.12.21
2/7.
This session will focus on the necessity of building robust risk assessments for nano and #microplastics and how this can be obtained.
We will welcome a variety of contributions, some key examples shown here 👩🔬🧑🔬🖥️
This session will focus on the necessity of building robust risk assessments for nano and #microplastics and how this can be obtained.
We will welcome a variety of contributions, some key examples shown here 👩🔬🧑🔬🖥️
3/7.
Studies on Micro and nanoplastic effects in realistic exposure conditions, exposure timeframes, multidose exposures, and/or considering the multi-generational effects
Studies on Micro and nanoplastic effects in realistic exposure conditions, exposure timeframes, multidose exposures, and/or considering the multi-generational effects
Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 05/24/2021 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2021/05/24/dai…
Arctic warming three times faster than the planet, report warns
phys.org/news/2021-05-a…
#ArcticWarming #ClimateChange #consequences
phys.org/news/2021-05-a…
#ArcticWarming #ClimateChange #consequences
Wild Bornean orangutans experience muscle catabolism during episodes of fruit scarcity
nature.com/articles/s4159…
#orangutans #borneo #FoodScarcity #catabolism #muscles
nature.com/articles/s4159…
#orangutans #borneo #FoodScarcity #catabolism #muscles
"people are finding animals affected by #masks, gloves, & other #PPE. "The material that is helping us is harming others,"
But it's not. The material is not helping us. It serves as safety blanket, virtue signalling & inescapable reminder to retain #narrative. Nothing more.
But it's not. The material is not helping us. It serves as safety blanket, virtue signalling & inescapable reminder to retain #narrative. Nothing more.
When we harm nature, by default, we harm ourselves.
When we protect nature, by default, we protect ourselves.
We are part of nature.
We cry "protect #biodiversity" "protect #nature" - as we contribute to her destruction.
Enough. Just stop.
When we protect nature, by default, we protect ourselves.
We are part of nature.
We cry "protect #biodiversity" "protect #nature" - as we contribute to her destruction.
Enough. Just stop.
Nov 9 2019: "Pictures of Greta Thunberg are being used to shame office workers who use single-use plastic." [The Independent]
2020-2021: 6 billion face #masks consumed/discarded each day. Those that refuse are shamed. Demand for plastic has exploded.
#Microplastics #Pollution
2020-2021: 6 billion face #masks consumed/discarded each day. Those that refuse are shamed. Demand for plastic has exploded.
#Microplastics #Pollution
"#Microplastics revealed in the placentas of unborn babies"
"Health impact is unknown but scientists say particles may cause long-term damage to foetuses."
h\ t @juicetherich
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"Health impact is unknown but scientists say particles may cause long-term damage to foetuses."
h\ t @juicetherich
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"Due to the crucial role of placenta in supporting the foetus's #development & in acting as an interface w/ the external environment, the presence of potentially harmful #plastic #particles is a matter of great concern."
#Plasticenta
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#Plasticenta
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"...scientists say there is an urgent need to assess the issue, particularly for infants. In October, scientists revealed that babies fed formula milk in #plastic bottles are swallowing millions of #particles a day."
#ImmuneSystem
#ToxicContaminants
#Breastfeeding
#ImmuneSystem
#ToxicContaminants
#Breastfeeding
Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 7/15/2020-2
greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2020/07/15/dai…
Complications from COVID-19 may depend on von Willebrand factor in the blood
medicalxpress.com/news/2020-07-c…
#factor #Covid19 #coronavirus #blood
greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2020/07/15/dai…
Complications from COVID-19 may depend on von Willebrand factor in the blood
medicalxpress.com/news/2020-07-c…
#factor #Covid19 #coronavirus #blood
Measuring Certainty and Mountains of Data - Marginally Compelling
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#measuring #certainty #data
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#measuring #certainty #data
Debating Risk and Value - Marginally Compelling
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#certainty #risk #data #value
polimath.substack.com/p/debating-ris…
#certainty #risk #data #value
@GreenSpotCbus @ByBethBurger @MayorGinther @RumpkeNews @SWACOGreen @frontlinepbs 💯 agree! Here’s what’s in our home office... and we buy personal paper products w @FSC_IC logos as well. As #plastic manufacturering ramps up in #Ohio, we all need a closer look at the cradle-to-cradle production-disposal-reuse of plastics, #microplastics, other #pollution too.
@GreenSpotCbus @ByBethBurger @MayorGinther @RumpkeNews @SWACOGreen @frontlinepbs @FSC_IC In 2013, ~17% into @swaco #landfill was plastic. ~30% was ‘fibers’ aka paper/cardboard. We are > US avr #recycling rates but still have room to improve. Agree we need to encourage & incentivize ♻️ & refuse single-use plastic! Thanks @KrogerNews for phasing out #plastic bags! 🙌
If you're worried about microfibre release from your clothing, what's the best way to approach laundry? In the past few years, UKRI-funded research has highlighted the environmental damage caused by #microplastics, including tiny synthetic fibres from clothes. (Thread)
Some people have responded to this news by replacing their synthetic clothing with natural fibre alternatives, but this generates waste and uses lots of resources to make new clothing. Instead, taking better care of your existing clothes is probably a better long-term option.
New research funded by EPSRC has shown that the wash cycle you use has a huge effect on microfibre release. A 30 minute, 25 degree wash cycle released 52% less microfibre mass compared to 85 minutes at 40.
