„Obesity rates continue to rise globally, and the pressure exerted by food systems on planetary boundaries shows no signs of abating.“ Plastics are the key enabler of globalized food systems… https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01201-2/

‼️New study shows that the amount of carbon released in volatile form after exposure of polypropylene #plastic to UV light is far from negligible: 17%!The molecular-sized gaseous products likely comprise alkane & alkene, peroxides, ketones, alcohols,acids, CO & #CO2. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Glad this finally comes to light! UNEP and its Exec Director Inger Anderson have played a questionable role throughout the INC process but even the prospect of them staging a coup against the Chair is deeply concerning. #plasticstreaty https://medium.com/points-of-order/palace-intrigues-e158a369e296

The GEN is at the online event, "Traité Plastique International 5.2: Que s'est-il passé à Genève?", organized by La Fresque du Plastique, reflecting on the outcomes of #PlasticsTreaty #INC5.2. 🔗 eventbrite.fr/e/traite-pla...

Nouvelle série consacrée aux déchets ! 1er épisode : "Pollution plastique : un problème non traité" A écouter sur @franceculture.fr www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

Cette semaine dans Cultures monde (le retour!), une série sur les déchets🗑 1. 🧴Pollution plastique: un problème non traité 2. 🛳Commerce international: une marchandise comme une autre? 3. 🚮Du Caire à New Delhi, les chiffonniers 4. 🚛Le trafic illégal de déchets🇮🇹🌏 ➡️ www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

"Le plastique ne se recycle pas à l'infini. On ne peut faire que 2/3 recyclages avant qu'il ne devienne un déchet ultime et le mettre en décharge ou l'incinérer avec des impacts importants sur l'environnement" @mfdignac.bsky.social reçue par @juliegacon.bsky.social www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

For the last several months, I've been digging through endless scientific literature on what happens when pregnant mothers are exposed to plastic chemicals in their food, water, and everyday household products. The result is this story. I hope you'll take the time to read. wapo.st/4g3ZoFc

Podcast alert 🔔 Our recap of the #plasticstreaty negotiations - with @arharrington1.bsky.social m.soundcloud.com/plastisphere...

In Geneva for the #PlasticsTreaty? Join us for a FREE screening of a powerful documentary that puts human health at the center of the plastic pollution crisis. 📅 4 August 2025 🕖 19:30 - 22:00 Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/screening-... #INC52 #BreakFreeFromPlastic #HomoPlasticus

In a rare collective intervention, more than 60 global experts publish open letters demanding a binding UN plastics treaty grounded in science, justice, and bold political will #PlasticsTreaty #PlasticPollution www.port.ac.uk/news-events-...

🔥 Important read about intimidation tactics, delay strategies and corporate capture, including potential lobbyist infiltration of UNEP in the global #PlasticsTreaty negotiations- much of this seems learned from the #BigTobacco or #BigOil playbook. #Plastic www.theguardian.com/environment/...

In #Geneva before #INC5.2 Homo Plasticus: Plastic Inside Us   📅 4 August 2025 🕖 19:30 - 22:00 📍 Pathé Balexert, Geneva 🎤 Panel discussion after the film 🎬 Directed by Élodie Bonnes | Produced by Découpages, ARTE France 🌍 Language: English with French subtitles www.eventbrite.com/e/screening-...

Following the upcoming #plasticstreaty negotiation? Interested in insights, updates, fact checks, and more from our @scientistscoa.bsky.social? Subscribe to our new INC Science Update newsletter! We will be sending it regularly throughout INC-5.2. Sign up: preview.mailerlite.io/forms/165518...

Interested in the upcoming #plasticstreaty INC-5.2? Get regular insights, updates, fact checks, and more from a global network of independent scientists here: preview.mailerlite.io/forms/165518...

Maintenant disponible en français 🇫🇷 Pourquoi un traité mondial ambitieux sur les plastiques est essentiel pour les systèmes #agricoles, la sécurité #alimentaire et la #santé humaine Version française publiée dans Etude et Gestion des Sols, Vol. 32, pp. 85-93. www.afes.fr/ressources/p...

👇 My letter published today in the lead-up to the negotiations for the Global Plastics Treaty resuming Aug 5-14 in Geneva doi.org/10.1017/plc.... 🙏 Please read and share! Member states must come with courageous mandates to push back on the low ambition that has been allowed to drive the process.

Get involved in the construction of this epic artwork for #PlasticsTreaty #INC5.2! 🔸 If you're based in #GENeva and can help collect plastics, check the Plastics Collection Guide ▶️ docs.google.com/document/d/1... 🔸 Register to volunteer and support ▶️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Our paper is out in Nature: “Nanoplastic concentrations across the North Atlantic”. An estimated 27 million tons of NPs are there, even at depths over 4500m. Huge thanks to my brilliant MSc student Sophie and the sampling support from NIOZ! @ufz.de @ufz-cite.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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...

The next round of #PlasticsTreaty negotiations are coming up in August in Geneva. 🌍 Together, we must urge nations to adopt an ambitious and effective treaty. 👉 Join us. Contact your Minister now. www.breakfreefromplastic.org/plastics-tre... #BreakFreeFromPlastic #BeatPlasticPollution #INC52

🥁 Important read for negotiators & other parties following the #PlasticsTreaty. In this Letter @scientistscoa.bsky.social provide independent evidence-based responses to selected articles of the Chair’s text: the latest draft of the treaty text currently under negotiation. doi.org/10.1017/plc....

📃 New paper by @kristiansyberg.bsky.social et al. highlights that "a circular #plastic economy should account for *all* societal costs"! #PlasticsTreaty @scientistscoa.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A new study in Nature estimates there are 27 million metric tons of nanoplastic in the North Atlantic Ocean alone, and that these invisible plastic particles make up a greater fraction of marine plastic pollution than micro or macroplastics. @grist.org grist.org/science/ocea...

🔥 Powerful research calls plastic production a "Ponzi scheme" - benefits now, environmental costs later. Future generations face 6x higher microplastic exposure even under the best policies. Time to break the cycle at UN treaty talks this August. #PlasticTreaty #Microplastics #PlasticPollution

📄 Open Access in Cambridge Prisms: Plastics doi.org/10.1017/plc.... Why a strong global #plasticstreaty is essential for #agricultural systems, #food safety, food security and human #health #INC5.2 #microplastics @smbrander.bsky.social @kristiansyberg.bsky.social

Glad to be part of this important commentary led by @mfdignac.bsky.social ! @scientistscoa.bsky.social @pnwmicroplastics.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

⚕️ Our new policy brief on Article 19 looks at the importance including human health and how the global plastics treaty could protect it. ➡️ Take a look: zenodo.org/records/1563... 📑 Explore our other policy briefs on the different Articles:

🧪 Our latest policy brief explores the benefits of regulating chemicals of concern within Article 3 of the plastics treaty including the significant costs they are creating. ➡️ Learn more: zenodo.org/records/1563... 📑 Explore our policy briefs on the different Articles: linktr.ee/scientistsco...

5 juin, journée mondiale de l’environnement #UNEP dédiée à la lutte contre la #pollution plastique Pollution plastique, la biodiversité menacée, un ouvrage publié chez Quae, sortie le 12 juin en librairie et en accès libre pour la version numérique tinyurl.com/5n69d2ah #UNOC3 #INC5.2 #PlasticsTreaty

#urban #wildlife #biodiversity balcony birds #Paris #bluetit

Plastic waste exports are far bigger—and more toxic—than official numbers show. IPEN’s report reveals how hidden trade in textiles, contaminated paper, e-waste, and rubber is fueling global pollution and harming communities.: stoppoisonplastic.org/blog/portfol...

Leaf absorption contributes to accumulation of #microplastics in plants www.nature.com/articles/s41... #PlasticPollution

New study on plastic chemicals out. In this work, we show that chemicals released from PVC and PU plastics shift the circadian cycling of clock genes, highlighting the downstream effects of GPCR disruption. #plasticpollution #plasticstreaty www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📢 ‘Plastics matter in the food system’ Food systems a source and victim of #plasticpollution, impacting human and planetary health. This issue is missing from global policy, scientific research, and food systems monitoring #UNPlasticsTreaty 📑Read in full: www.nature.com/articles/s43... 🧵1/3

Abstract submission for the 🇿🇦 SETAC 9th World Congress from 29 September–3 October in Johannesburg, South Africa, is now open. Submit your abstract by 17:00 SAST on 28 May. 👉 Learn more at www.setac.org/discover-eve... #enviornmentalscience #conference #sciencematters

Are #microplastics bad for your health? More rigorous science is needed www.nature.com/articles/d41...

🚨 Microplastics researchers gathered existing studies and have begun to note patterns in how microplastics interfere with photosynthesis 🌱 including in staple crops (wheat, rice, maize/corn) 🌾🍚🌽 #plasticstreaty www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Les #microplastiques pourraient réduire la photosynthèse des plantes terrestres d'environ 12 % et 7 % pour les algues marines 🌾diminution des rendements #agricoles, et menace sur la sécurité alimentaire 🌊diminution des poissons mais aussi baisse de la capacité des océans à piéger le CO2

#Plastics matter in the #food system www.nature.com/articles/s43...

#standeup4science #esr Le rassemblement à Paris est à 13h30 à Jussieu. à Lyon : Rassemblement à 16h Place des Terreaux. La liste des initiatives est en ligne ici : standupforscience.fr/tous-les-eve...

➡️ just out: Plastics matter in the food system. What is the role plastic plays as enabler of unsustainable food consumption? What indicators are needed to monitor change towards sustainability for the food system? www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Plastics + Food = True Read our new commentary on #plastics and food systems, from #plasticulture, mulches, #aquaculture, #FoodPackaging, to #microplastics and #nanoplastics and #ToxicChemicals. Humans and the environment are exposed at every step. What can we do? 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s43...

📢 Calling all #plastics scientists. #ecologists, #HumanHealth experts and #foodies! We are hosting our hybrid workshop on Plastic pollution on the 6th of March 2025. If you are interested to attend the workshop, kindly rsvp using the link: forms.gle/6tisLDBjvC9c...

Looked into some of the misleading statistics behind recycling percentages of plastics. EU data talks about 41% recycling rates, currently, for plastics. But from the underlying data it seems like it's actually closer to 6-9% 🤔 ipen.org/sites/defaul...

Several recent submissions regarding the lack of transparency and the limitations on participation during the Plastic Treaty negotiations can be found here www.unep.org/inc-plastic-...

Read our latest publication addressing chemicals in recycling, and how we might address these issues. We identified 5 key points: www.cambridge.org/core/service... E Carmona @treeonplastics.bsky.social @thoba.bsky.social, D Slunge, N Chukwuone, @theresekarlsson.bsky.social 🧪

👩‍🔬👨‍🔬The Scientists' Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty is a global network of independent scientific experts providing input to decision-makers and the public to end #plasticpollution. Follow us and check out our resources to learn more 👇

🛑 Observers struggled to follow #PlasticsTreaty talks in Busan due to closed-door meetings. 📨 We sent an open letter urging the INC Bureau to uphold observer rights and boost transparency. 👇

Hiya plastics people 👋! The Scientists’ Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty is here! Give us a follow for all things #PlasticsPollution and #PlasticsTreaty @scientistscoa.bsky.social Photo by Ben Von Wong