#Microplastics

Laura Markley

wastefreephd

First meeting for the #Plastic & #Waste Journal Club is finalized!This month, we will be discussing #Microplastics in Humans: potential pathways, prevalence, and effects. Woohoo! Everyone should have gotten an

Ken

KenNotBen

MASK SAFETY ALERTI recently made a discovery that leads me to believe some masks may be harmful to our health as well as possibly contributing to the spread of COVID.

Rosalind Readhead 🌍

Privatecarfree

In the last 50 years, and within my lifetime, mass car ownership has gradually destroyed our environment. I remember what life was before the cars dominated. I remember walking to

Sian Conway - Ethical Marketing Strategist

SianEConway

'biodegradable' is an unregulated term, meaning brands/manufacturers don't have to declare how long it would take or what conditions it needs. As long as it breaks down eventually it can

George Monbiot

GeorgeMonbiot

I’ve just finished some research about the use of biosolids (human sewage sludge) as farm manure. The results will keep me awake at night. ¾ of biosolids in the UK

Scott Coffin, Ph.D.

DrSCoffin

Should society invest in #plasticCleanup? Which is better- collecting plastic from rivers or the open ocean? What happens to the collected plastic?A thread:(1/6)https://twitter.com/dwnews/status/1355502020426412032 Hohn et al. (2020) estima

Thomas Backhaus

ThoBaSwe

The @AmerChemSociety press release on the "#microplastic in human organs" study is an example of how not to do science communication. Omitting critical details and seriously overselling (or misinterpreting) the

Jessica For 39C

uyeharaj39c

The problem with plastic pollution in our oceans and the systemic changes needed to stop this crisis. A thread focused on the infamous Great Pacific Garbage Patch:@39CSustain #39CSustain #PacificGarbagePatch What

PlasticFreeScotland

WeePlasticFree

Happy #PlasticFreeJuly!All this month we’ll be sharing different facts to show the scale of the plastic problem.The UK’s biggest producer of plastic is in Scotland. Ineos in Grangemouth is not

Jasmine Bone

jasmine_bone3

Got the book “Turning the tide on plastic” by @lucysiegle for my birthday and found it inspiring and devastating in how it highlights our huge issue with plastics. So I

꧁ 𝓐𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓬꧂

an_angel_named

Most people you see are taking up social identities and beliefs just to be contrarian to some other fake identityit's identity that solely exists to negate another identity, you can

❌Harvey Staub 💪🇺🇸🖤⭐️⭐️⭐️

HarveyStaub1

1)Blue surgical masks. These are made from a plastic called polypropylene. 2)”A study evaluated the possible effects of exposure to polypropylene “flock” on respiratory health.” Flock being

Gina Bates

hilltopgina

10 Ocean Plastic Pollution Facts1. At least 100 million marine animals die each year from plastic waste alone. 2. At least 100,000 marine animals die from getting entangled in plastic

Mohamed Ateia

moha_ateia

[Thread] Let's update the #syllabus of #watertreatment courses? This thread summarizes recent studies (some personal studies) that challenged conventional perspectives and approaches which will help educating future #engineers & #sc

dana 🫑

danachewy

keep reading for some thrifting discourse! i am a privileged person who thrifts; let's talk about it?https://twitter.com/yourdrunk_aunt/status/1344070210672705536 so i want to start off by saying lived experience is not something

Jal

jalshah_

How to Get Healthy (without getting lucky):Inspired by @naval This thread may contain things you might already know. But it are those small mundane in life that compound overtime resulting

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