Prof Alex Ford
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Marine Biologist, Environmental Toxicologist, Parasitologist Board member IPCP
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My public lecture on the effects of pollution on wildlife
#EDCs
#PCBs
#pharmaceuticals
#foreverchemicals
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Sex Changing Sea Life with Professor Alex Ford | Life Solved Live Event Series
Life Solved Live is a University of Portsmouth events series that lifts the lid on innovation and extraordinary research thatās changing lives. When youā¦
https://vimeo.com/641947702
over 1 year ago
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Fighting Dirty
19 days ago
"Study of Channel finds levels of toxic Pfas in Solent at 13 times safe limits in some places, with much coming from treated sewage"
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High levels of toxic āforever chemicalsā found off coast of southern England
Study of Channel finds levels of toxic Pfas in Solent at 13 times safe limits in some places, with much coming from treated sewage
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CHEM Trust
15 days ago
š A study has found high levels of PFAS along the Solent, a stretch of coastline in the UK. š¬ Harbour porpoises showed the highest PFAS concentration, with levels much higher than the threshold set for living organisms. More in our news story š
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#PFAS
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WATERSHED Investigations
4 days ago
Study identifies sewage as a major source of PFAS in the Solent. PFAS enter sewage when we: - wash - it's in some toiletries - clean pots or food containers made with PFAS - wash clothes or upholstery treated with PFAS - use cleaning products containing PFAS
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Stronger regulation calls as forever chemicals found in Solent
A new Portsmouth Uni study found PFAS present at "multiple levels" of the marine environment.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cedpx98ne7lo
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Fidra
19 days ago
New study finds
#PFAS
across multiple species in the Solent, including the UK's iconic harbour porpoise š¬ The study warns that current regulations are not going far enough to protect against
#ForeverChemicals
. Find out more š
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Stronger regulation calls as forever chemicals found in Solent
A new Portsmouth Uni study found PFAS present at
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cedpx98ne7lo
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CHEM Trust
17 days ago
š A new study has found high levels of PFAS in the Solent, a stretch of the Channel between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. āļøSome water samples contained PFOS 13x the set limit, and harbour porpoises had levels much higher than the threshold set for biota. Read our news storyš
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High levels of forever chemicals found along stretch of UK coastline
A new study has found PFAS in the waters, wildlife, and seabed of the Solent, a stretch of water between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. The researchers suggest the pollution is coming fromā¦
https://buff.ly/yfqeNGl
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WATERSHED Investigations
18 days ago
High levels of PFAS - linked to cancers, liver, kidney + thyroid disorders - found in the sea in the Solent strait. The main source is thought to be treated sewage. They're present in sewage because we're surrounded by them in our daily lives.
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High levels of toxic āforever chemicalsā found off coast of southern England
Study of Channel finds levels of toxic Pfas in Solent at 13 times safe limits in some places, with much coming from treated sewage
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Daniel Shailer
19 days ago
In the
@theguardian.com
today with new research finding toxic Pfas everywhere you look in the Solent. Beneath that headline finding ā two important takeaways about how we measure Pfas, and what to do about it.
@mcsuk.bsky.social
@dralexford.bsky.social
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Kingās speech: muchāneeded water industry reforms do not go far enough
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Kingās speech: much-needed water industry reforms do not go far enough
The government promises joinedāup and longāterm regional planning for water. But some pressing challenges appear to receive surprisingly little attention.
https://theconversation.com/kings-speech-much-needed-water-industry-reforms-do-not-go-far-enough-282866?utm_medium=article_native_share&utm_source=theconversation.com
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āDirty Business illustrates how corporate greed and the fundamental lack of governance and regulatory oversight across the nationās water industry allowed this sewage crisis to happen ā at the cost of environmental and human health, and our future water securityā
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Englandās sewage scandal hinges on lack of water industry regulation ā new docudrama reveals how profit drives pollution
The water industry has been left to police its own pollution.
https://theconversation.com/englands-sewage-scandal-hinges-on-lack-of-water-industry-regulation-new-docudrama-reveals-how-profit-drives-pollution-276699?utm_medium=article_native_share
3 months ago
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Morning thought! Why havenāt we used misconduct in a public office laws more often? āPolitical captureā seems rife in Westminster across all political parties
4 months ago
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Michael Bertram
5 months ago
Happy to share our latest paper out now in ES&T, 'Are Behavioral Ecotoxicity Endpoints Relevant at the Population Level? Evidence-Based Insights for Environmental Protection' š§Ŗš š Read the full Open Access paper here:
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PFAS in pregnant womenās drinking water puts their babies at higher risk, study finds
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PFAS in pregnant womenās drinking water puts their babies at higher risk, study finds
An innovative study mapped preterm births, low birth weights and infant mortality to municipal water wells downstream from PFAS-contaminated sites. The results show the high cost of PFAS harm.
https://theconversation.com/pfas-in-pregnant-womens-drinking-water-puts-their-babies-at-higher-risk-study-finds-270051?utm_medium=article_native_share
6 months ago
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Bayer Weighs Roundup Exit as Cancer Legal Bill Nears $18 Billion
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Bayer Weighs Roundupās Demise Over Thousands of Cancer Lawsuits
The worldās most widely used weedkiller is confronting legal battles as well as a cat-and-mouse game with nature. But itās not clear what can take its place.
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-pesticides-us-bayer-roundup/
7 months ago
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Media capture Political capture Regulatory capture University capture NGO capture Arms length body captureā¦.
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Corporate āCapture Strategiesā Impacting Human and Ecosystem Health
The concept of regulatory capture has been extensively studied in academic literature, primarily within the social sciences. This phenomenon has been increasingly discussed in the environmental scienc...
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.estlett.5c00277
7 months ago
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Survival International
7 months ago
š From the Amazon to remote islands in the Indian Ocean, uncontacted peoples live in some of the most biodiverse ā and threatened ā places on Earth. Their lands are not just their homes ā theyāre their identity, survival and resistance. Learn more:
uncontactedpeoples.org
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Survival International
7 months ago
For them, distance is protection ā not isolation. Uncontacted Indigenous peoples are defending their lands. Discover their stories, their resilience ā and the threats to their survival:
uncontactedpeoples.org
#AtTheEdge
#uncontacted
#uncontactedpeoples
#northsentinel
#amazon
#indigenouspeoples
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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment
7 months ago
Flea and tick medication, antibiotics & illicit drugs found in UK freshwater study by Imperial &
@earthwatcheurope.bsky.social
. The research also found antibiotics at concentrations high enough that antimicrobial resistance should be studied further in UK freshwaters š§µ
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Flea meds, antibiotics & drugs found in UK freshwater in citizen science study | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Insecticides, antibiotics and illicit drugs that threaten aquatic life are present throughout UK waterways, research by Imperial and Earthwatch finds.
https://ow.ly/jQUN50Xmmxc
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Environmental defenders are being killed for protecting our future ā the law needs to catch up
theconversation.com/environmenta...
8 months ago
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A comprehensive analysis of combined stormwater overflow (CSO) discharges to coastal waters and data communications by a UK water company between 2021 and 2023
@envsci.rsc.org
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A comprehensive analysis of combined stormwater overflow (CSO) discharges to coastal waters and data communications by a UK water company between 2021 and 2023
Sewage discharges to aquatic environments present a real danger to human and ecosystem health. Event duration monitors (EDMs) from combined stormwater overflows (CSOs) are now fitted to over 90% of st...
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/ew/d4ew00693c
9 months ago
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WATERSHED Investigations
9 months ago
Road runoff will pass through vortex separators, a series of filters, wetlands + bioswales - the aim: to stop lead, chromium + PAHs from the highway permeating a chalk aquifer. Imagine the boost to wildlife if work like this were rolled out across the country. š§µ 1/
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āYou could drink from that pondā: the city digging for a solution to toxic runoff
A project in Brighton to stop harmful chemicals from seeping into a chalk aquifer could set an example for managing such pollution
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Most sewage discharges happen during breakfast when people get up for work/school. Those early morning swimmers are more likely to encounter 'fresh' sewage discharges.
9 months ago
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There are strong correlations between start times of real sewage discharges and false alarms. Regulatory authorities and water companies should provide data on false positive ad false negative activation of EDMs
9 months ago
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Some event duration monitors have had false readings 100% of the time. Some sewage discharges classed at 'non-impacting' have lasted for over 70 years. Many last several tidal cycles
9 months ago
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A comprehensive analysis of combined stormwater overflow (CSO) discharges to coastal waters and data communications by a UK water company between 2021 and 2023
@envsci.rsc.org
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
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A comprehensive analysis of combined stormwater overflow (CSO) discharges to coastal waters and data communications by a UK water company between 2021 and 2023
Sewage discharges to aquatic environments present a real danger to human and ecosystem health. Event duration monitors (EDMs) from combined stormwater overflows (CSOs) are now fitted to over 90% of st...
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/ew/d4ew00693c
9 months ago
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Michael Bertram
9 months ago
Happy to share our new paper on the impacts of corporate capture strategies on human and ecosystem health š Available Open Access at š
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
@dralexford.bsky.social
@ipcp.bsky.social
@acs.org
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New paper from the
@ipcp.bsky.social
board - Corporate āCapture Strategiesā Impacting Human and Ecosystem Health We highlight that capture strategies go beyond regulatory capture to include individuals, organisations, governments and intergovernmental meetings
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9 months ago
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IPCP - International Panel on Chemical Pollution
9 months ago
We have a new publication. Thanks
@dralexford.bsky.social
for leading this work!
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New paper from the
@ipcp.bsky.social
board - Corporate āCapture Strategiesā Impacting Human and Ecosystem Health We highlight that capture strategies go beyond regulatory capture to include individuals, organisations, governments and intergovernmental meetings
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
9 months ago
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Prof Grant Stentiford
10 months ago
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
#CefasScience
#OneHealth
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Infection of Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) by the parasite Hematodinium sp.: insights from 30 years of field observations | Royal Society Open Science
The Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, is an important representative of the benthos and also supports valuable fisheries across Europe. Nephrops are susceptible to infection by Hematodinium sp., an...
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsos.231147
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IPCP - International Panel on Chemical Pollution
10 months ago
Over 400 signatories united in support of the OECD PFAS definition! šThe list of signatories is still growing. If you're working in the fieldāand especially if you're based in Latin America, Africa, South Asia, or Southeast Asiaāsign here:
lnkd.in/d9X-sBd2
Read our statement:
lnkd.in/dbQvpVHY
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āWoody, those are the countries which make money from plasticsā
#plasticstreaty
#globalplasticstreaty
#plasticpollution
#INC-5.2
#conflictsofinterest
#petrochemicals
10 months ago
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Jaishri Srinivasan
10 months ago
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The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly | PNAS
Science is characterized by collaboration and cooperation, but also by uncertainty, competition, and inequality. While there has always been some c...
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2420092122
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Le Monde in English
12 months ago
Forever chemicals: Scientists condemn massive lobbying campaign to alter PFAS definition
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Forever chemicals: Scientists condemn massive lobbying campaign to alter PFAS definition
In a letter published Tuesday in a scientific journal, a group of 20 researchers warn that 'this effort is politically and/or economically, rather than scientifically, motivated.'
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2025/06/10/forever-chemicals-scientists-condemn-massive-lobbying-campaign-to-alter-pfas-definition_6742214_114.html
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Stockholm University
12 months ago
In a new paper, 22 scientistsāincluding Professor Ian Cousins and Associate Professor Marlene Ć gerstrand at Department of Environmental Science
@stockholm-uni.bsky.social
ādefend the current definition of PFASs established by the OECD.
#PFAS
#Chemistry
www.su.se/department-o...
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Scientists defend widely used definition of PFASs - Department of Environmental Science
In a new paper published today in Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 22 scientistsāincluding Professor Ian Cousins and Associate Professor Marlene Ć gerstrand from the Department of Environmen...
https://www.su.se/department-of-environmental-science/news/scientists-defend-widely-used-definition-of-pfass-1.826921
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Mārtin Wāgner
11 months ago
Over the past few years, our PlastChem team has worked tirelessly to map the chemical complexity of
#plastics
. Today, we publish the findings in
@nature.com
. We hope this evidence propels the development of safer plastics to protect human health and environment. 1/4
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Mapping the chemical complexity of plastics - Nature
An inventory of 16,325 known plastic chemicals, including >4,200 hazardous compounds, supports the development of safer plastics.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09184-8
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IPCP - International Panel on Chemical Pollution
12 months ago
Read the full statement here:
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Scientistsā Statement on the Chemical Definition of PFASs
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.estlett.5c00478
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IPCP - International Panel on Chemical Pollution
12 months ago
āļø To safeguard public health and environmental protection, itās crucial to uphold the OECD chemical definition of PFAS. If you support this effort, consider signing this statement:
www.ipcp.ch/news/sign-on...
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Sign-on campaign: Scientistsā statement on the chemical definition of PFASs | IPCP
https://www.ipcp.ch/news/sign-on-campaign-scientists-statement-on-the-chemical-definition-of-pfass
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IPCP - International Panel on Chemical Pollution
12 months ago
Sign-on campaign: Preserving Scientific Integrity in the PFAS Definition. Scientists raise concerns about ongoing efforts to redefine PFAS and potentially exclude certain fluorinated chemical subgroups from the widely accepted 2021 OECD definition.
www.ipcp.ch/news/sign-on...
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Sign-on campaign: Scientistsā statement on the chemical definition of PFASs | IPCP
https://www.ipcp.ch/news/sign-on-campaign-scientists-statement-on-the-chemical-definition-of-pfass
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Gltch
12 months ago
š§Ŗ Forever chemicals definition under attack? Scientists warn of a shadowy effort to weaken regulation! š± #PFAS Source:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/06/10/1528243/scientists-warn-against-attempts-to-change-definition-of-forever-chemicals
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Scientists Warn Against Attempts To Change Definition of 'Forever Chemicals' - Slashdot
A group of 20 internationally renowned scientists have issued a strong warning against attempts to narrow the definition of "forever chemicals" in what they describe as a politically or economically motivated effort to weaken regulation of the potentially harmful chemicals. From a report: Per- and p...
https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/06/10/1528243/scientists-warn-against-attempts-to-change-definition-of-forever-chemicals
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ClientEarth
12 months ago
ā ļøThe OECD definition of what constitutes PFAS, or āforever chemicalsā, has been carefully established based on decades of peer-reviewed science. But the chemicals industry wants it to change and possibly be narrowed, meaning some of these dangerous chemicals will escape proper definition. 1/3
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IPEN: toxics-free
12 months ago
A coalition of 20 leading scientists has issued a strong warning against efforts to narrow the definition of PFAS, cautioning that such moves pushed by political and economic interests could severely weaken ongoing regulation in the EU, UK, and beyond.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Scientists warn against attempts to change definition of āforever chemicalsā
Move to narrow classification of Pfas and weaken regulation is āpolitically and/or economically motivatedā
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/10/scientists-warn-against-attempts-to-change-definition-of-forever-chemicals-pfas
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Olga Speranskaya
12 months ago
A coalition of leading scientists has issued a statement urging the scientific community to uphold the
#OECD
definition of
#PFAS
, which remains clear, robust, and widely accepted Read more at
hej-support.org/eu-policy-ou...
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Sign-on campaign: Preserving Scientific Integrity of PFAS Definition ā EU Policy Outreach
https://hej-support.org/eu-policy-outreach/sign-on-campaign-preserving-scientific-integrity-of-pfas-definition/
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Toxic-Free Future
12 months ago
Scientists warn against efforts to narrow the definition of
#PFAS
. A weak definition means more loopholes & toxic exposure. But we are fighting back! WA led with a strong, science-based definitionānow used by 24 states. We must stop all PFAS, not bow to pressure from the chemical industry lobby.
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Scientists warn against attempts to change definition of āforever chemicalsā
Move to narrow classification of Pfas and weaken regulation is āpolitically and/or economically motivatedā
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/10/scientists-warn-against-attempts-to-change-definition-of-forever-chemicals-pfas
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Congrats to Henry Obanya on new paper on the effects of car tire additives on marine microalgae
#diatoms
Toxicological assessment of tyre-derived compounds: effects of 6PPD-quinone, diphenylguanidine, and mercaptobenzothiazole on Phaeodactylum tricornutum
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Toxicological assessment of tyre-derived compounds: effects of 6PPD-quinone, diphenylguanidine, and mercaptobenzothiazole on Phaeodactylum tricornutum
Urban runoff and industrial discharges introduce toxic compounds into marine ecosystems, threatening aquatic life and ecosystem functions. This study ā¦
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166445X25002218
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š£ PFAS researchers š¢ If you support the Scientistsā Statement on the Chemical Definition of PFASs, please can you sign here:
www.ipcp.ch/news/sign-on...
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Sign-on campaign: Scientistsā statement on the chemical definition of PFASs | IPCP
https://www.ipcp.ch/news/sign-on-campaign-scientists-statement-on-the-chemical-definition-of-pfass
12 months ago
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ENDS Report
about 1 year ago
- ACADEMICS - š Professor
@alona-armstrong.bsky.social
director of Energy Lancaster at
@lancasteruni.bsky.social
š
@dralexford.bsky.social
, professor of biology at the University of Portsmouth š Angus Garbutt, senior ecologist at the
@ukceh.bsky.social
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Power List 2025 day four: Academics, influencers revealed
https://www.endsreport.com/article/1918327/power-list-2025-day-four-academics-influencers-revealed
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ENDS Report
about 1 year ago
ā”ļøENDS Power List 2025: Final day ā”ļø This week, we have been naming the 100 UK environmental professionals who have made a great impact in the past two years, as nominated by peers š³ļø Today, we celebrate the most impactful academics and policy influencers š
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Power List 2025 day four: Academics, influencers revealed
https://www.endsreport.com/article/1918327/power-list-2025-uks-100-impactful-environmental-professionals
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ENDS Report
about 1 year ago
Also ā have you checked our ENDS Power List starter pack yet? š¦ This week, we have been adding Power List nominees ā follow the link to discover top names in the UK environment sector here on Bluesky ā¬ļø
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WATERSHED Investigations
about 1 year ago
Children exposed to high levels of air pollution in early childhood have worse health outcomes by the time they're teenagers than those who lived in less polluted areas during a crucial period between the ages of 3 & 6 years old, study finds.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Early air pollution exposure affects health in adolescence, study finds
UCL study of 9,000 children also found marked inequality, with people from ethnic minority backgrounds having higher exposure risk
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/14/early-air-pollution-exposure-affects-health-in-adolescence-study-finds
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