Excellent use of our PlastChem work in this @washingtonpost.com piece on chemicals in food contact materials. Love your data viz and explainer of a complex issue @shannonosaka.bsky.social and @naemas.bsky.social. #plasticpollution #plasticstreaty www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Mark the date and get ready: MICRO 2026 is happening (yes, it’s official!) and we want you all to join us in beautiful Cádiz from 12–16 October 2026 for a fantastic week of plastic science and community. micro2026.sciencesconf.org

When searching for papers today, I learned that Environmental Health Perspectives, one of the best journals on public health, has disappeared due to lack of NIH funding. It is shocking to see a good journal die (diamond OA, no fees, excellent editors) while bad ones seem to multiply by the hour.

Need to look at the risk assessment they did but excited to see some work linking atmospheric #microplastics to health!

Recommended read: Some thought-provoking arguments for the #plasticstreaty crowd in here, e.g., that a production cap would benefit producers in addition to climate and nature.

I'm really looking forward to participating in this @nature.com conference on "Microplastics: an emerging threat to human and planetary health" 📆 18th Nov 📍London ⬇️ Details & registration natureconferences.streamgo.live/microplastic... #microplastics #onehealth #plasticpollution #PlasticTreaty

Informativ artikkel med blant andre @martiwag.bsky.social om hva plastforskere unngår i sine egne liv: - Å varme mat i plast. - Klær av plastmaterialer. - Kjøkkenutstyr med plast og teflon. - Engangsplast som kaffekopper og matemballasje når det er mulig. www.tv2.no/nyheter/inne...

NHANES! The source of so much critical health info! www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...

"While scientists need to recognize the limits of what they can contribute... they must be involved in the policy process now more than ever. Attempts to exclude them- whether by external forces or by self-censorship-deprive society of an important resource"

In case you are close to London, here is a half-day event on #microplastics on 18th of November. Organized by @nature.com. natureconferences.streamgo.live/microplastic...

We make a similar argument here: that the UN won't be able to deliver ambitious plastics treaty. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

„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/

The fabulous @anjakrieger.bsky.social has dropped a new episode of the Plastisphere podcast - this time with Jane Muncke and myself pondering over the issue of plastic chemicals and, well, capitalism. Enjoy! #plasticpollution #plasticstreaty soundcloud.com/plastisphere...

After the Geneva round of the #PlasticsTreaty talks ended without a deal, troubling questions are being raised about the role played by @unep.org Executive Director Inger Andersen — and an apparent bid to topple the Committee’s elected Chair medium.com/points-of-or...

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

"...We are making & discarding so much plastic that it has become a substantial component of the global carbon cycle..." Aron Stubbins (The Plastics Center at Northeastern University) on Pang et al's piece on plastics & the marine carbon cycle in NatureSustainability www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🧪 ECHA has started a Call for Evidence for Substances in packaging/packaging waste. 🗓️ Open consultation deadline: 28.10.25 Please contribute papers and other evidence, as there will probably be many submissions with #ConflictsOfInterest. ➡️Details here: echa.europa.eu/cfe-substanc... #plastic

In a new interview, journalist Saabira Chaudhuri explains how the plastics industry persuaded consumers to embrace disposability — no matter the costs.

What can we learn from the pioneers who started the citizen science beach cleanup movement? I wrote about the lessons we can learn from their plastics activism for the conversation.

The larger strategy has many names: disinformation playbook here, manufactured doubt in my field. The result is always the same: scientists and science are being harmed by actors with vested interest and so are health and the environment. #plasticstreaty

"Single-use plastic was never inevitable. It was a business decision," writes Saabira Chaudhuri. Good reminder of manufactured demand. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/o...

Excellent reporting on endocrine disrupting chemicals in plastics. Some of them suggested for a global ban under a future #plasticstreaty.

Baby steps are better than none… #plasticpollution www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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

In the brutal heat in Geneva [and the #plasticstreaty negotiations], everybody seems in desperate need of some cooling down.

Some hope needed for #plasticstreaty negotiations. This on is a piece of art I found at the UN premisses this morning.

Many winding paths unfold in the #plasticstreaty negotiations. This one leads to the Swiss Ceramic and Glass Museum right next to UN compound. Why not take a little break to contemplate other materials?

Hi #INC5 — it’s 1925 calling — Did you know that in 1925, Bakelite ran this ad copy in the Sat. Evening Post: "Under water for six months -- and still alright." 4/25/1925 According to a 1931 US Tarriff Commission report, Bakelite Corp. spent $217,867 that year on advertising. #PlasticsTreaty

Just a reminder #plasticpollution is not a new issue. Scientists found plastic in birds in the 1960s and described ocean plastics in the early 1970s, with reports in media like the NYTimes and Washington Post. The #plastics industry knew. on.soundcloud.com/cjiLyn5fxSlU... #inc52 #plasticstreaty

This marvelous Sequoiadendron giganteum grows next to the UN building where the #plasticstreaty negotiations happen. Strong reminder that some things outlast us, not only plastics.

Noting the usual at INC meetings, unfortuately: The water containers in the UN buildings are made of polycarbonate, that is Bisphenol A, one of the very chemicals of concern countries seek to ban in the #plasticstreaty. Tap water is perfectly safe to drink in Geneva.

And so it begins (and hopefully ends without too much watering down). #plasticstreaty

Leading German newspaper Süddeutsche on the #plasticstreaty. www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...

Right before the next round of #plasticstreaty negotiations, we have got a new publication on #health & #plastics out in @thelancet.com. Health should be the centerpiece of the treaty. Watch the launch event at #INC5.2 here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDUi... www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

🔬 Evidence from international scientific experts highlights the importance of addressing chemicals of concern, plastic production, and developing essential use, transparency, safety and sustainability criteria for plastics. ℹ️ See our latest statement ahead of INC 👇 drive.google.com/file/d/1ZSWd...

On 5 August, the final act of the #PlasticsTreaty negotiations resumes in Geneva. The big question? Not what’s in the treaty, but whether negotiators will have the courage to move ahead without spoilers. 🧵

In our new paper we look at the benefits of regulation plastic chemicals based on their hazards. We are argue this is more efficient compared to conventional risk assessments. Petrochem bloc will not like it but we need to fix a system that‘s broken. #plasticstreaty pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Value for money! www.dn.no/innlegg/norw...

With the INC5.2 schedule filling up, here is a side event focused on health and plastics in the #plasticstreaty. The Lancet Countdown on Health and Plastics will launch on the morning of August, 4rd at an event in Geneva and online. Join us! tessforum.org/latest/launc...

Anyone else seeing the symbolism of UNEA resolution 5/14 being negotiated from August 5 to 14 in Geneva? Should stop reading about INC5.2… #plasticstreaty

„One source said they were “horrified” by the industry’s influence on policy and the sidelining of real solutions to plastic pollution, calling it “corporate capture”.“ #plasticstreaty www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Some important lessons in there for the upcoming negotiations of the global #plasticstreaty: We need binding rules on chemicals of concern in plastics as well as on transparency. Otherwise, societies will pay a high price for decades to come.

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...

👇 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.

✅ We put together a policy brief focused on Article 2 outlining some key terms to define as well as proposed science-based definitions for each. ➡️ Take a look: zenodo.org/records/1579... 📑 Explore our other policy briefs on the different Articles: linktr.ee/scientistsco...

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...

🧪 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...

Great job opportunity in #plastics research! www.nature.com/naturecareer...

New research in the journal Science shows that when you outlaw or discourage the sale of plastic bags, fewer of them end up as litter on beaches. @grist.org grist.org/science/plas...

Exciting outcome, now we need to watch out for how the SPP gets implemented.