🌍 Mapping the chemical complexity of plastics - published in Nature Magazine! As countries negotiate a global treaty to address the plastic pollution crisis, in this new study we identify thousands of chemicals in plastics - many harmful and largely unregulated. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Mapping the chemical complexity of Plastics - now published in @nature.com! This we hope will be used as a launch pad to make plastics and materials more safer and circular!

Breaking #TFA news: The Danish Ministry of the Environment is withdrawing the approval of 23 #pesticides because the products contain active ingredients that can form and leach #TFA into groundwater. This is the first country to ban #PFAS pesticides. Press release (Danish): mst.dk/nyheder/2025...

🧪💶Ambitious chemical regulations boosts the economy. A The European Parliamentary Research Service report warns, however, chemical policy needs a strong #REACH and #PFAS strategy to get the best cost-benefit outcome and save the most lives. Full report: www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en...

Why do Kubrick movies continuously feel ahead of their time?

Big updates this month to the ZeroPM Regulatory watch - on updates to #PFAS and #PMT substances in the EU Highlights: - PFAS in the Soil Monitoring Law - PFAS in the Water Resilience Strategy - @echa.europa.eu launches consultation for #TFA as PMT, vPvM and Reprotox 1b zeropm.eu/regulatory-w...

‼️ @global2000.bsky.social have tested cereal products in Austria for TFA, finding all products to be highly contaminated. 😥TFA is a type of #PFAS and is currently under consideration for hazardous classifications such as toxic to reproduction. More in our #ToxicFree4EU briefing: buff.ly/0b9IKLC

In this lysimeter study we studied the impact of using biochars to reduce mobility of PFAS in soil. Over 100 years, nearly all PFOS are predicted to leach from no-sorbent lysimeters, while < 1 % will leach from soil treated with sewage sludge- derived biochar. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Mehr über #Chemikaliencocktails erfahrt ihr außerdem auf unserer Website: 🔗 chemtrust.org/de/chemikali... (3/3) @thoba.bsky.social @martiwag.bsky.social @kristiansyberg.bsky.social @hanspeterarp.bsky.social @bcarneyalmroth.bsky.social @gabrielsigmund.bsky.social @marleneagerstrand.bsky.social

Plastic-Associated Chemicals: Late Lessons from Early Equilibrium Partitioning Science In this viewpoint we argue why different fields looking at the hazard and risks of plastic associated chemicals can and should unit using a common, existing framework. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

A group of leading European scientists have sent an open letter to the European Commission urging stronger regulatory measures against chemical mixtures in the upcoming revision of REACH—the EU’s main regulation for chemicals. @marleneagerstrand.bsky.social www.su.se/department-o...

Manuscript delivered 😮‍💨 — now begins development and editing and whatever lies beyond that. Every day I’ve gotten to do this, grateful beyond grateful. 🌱 Thank you, friends, family, for the years (5+) of support. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

New paper in Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts studying the spontaneous defluorination of some trifluoromethylphenols, led by co-first authors Zhefei Guo (PhD candidate) and Genevieve Tremblay (undergrad!) in my group: doi.org/10.1039/D4EM... (open access 😎)

My piece in morning's New York Times about the unlikely activists who are fighting to turn off the tap on forever chemicals— and making serious headway, even as the Trump camp is dismantling environmental regulations. #PFAS @crownpublishing.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/o...

Researchers say the rule will make it impossible for the majority of scientists in the country to carry on with, or to apply to, prestigious ERC research grants, or grants from Serbia’s own national science foundation.

Great read on #TFA. It was a pleasure to be able to give my thoughts on this issue alongside @hanspeterarp.bsky.social

The Tibetan Plateau region is an important source of freshwater for two billion people. Climate change has been releasing substances from the permafrost. We reviewed the literature and applied a ML model to identify #PMT substances that are a concern to water quality. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

NEW!: 3 UK military bases have been marked for investigation over fears they may be leaking toxic forever chemicals into drinking water sources and important environmental sites. In the US, billions of dollars has been spent on military site contamination. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

MoD investigating military bases in Norfolk, Hampshire & Devon feared to be leaking PFAS forever chemicals - including globally banned PFOS & carcinogenic PFOA - into drinking water sources. Our article in today's @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue." —Harvard President Alan Garber is.gd/B8PkXt The Trump regime threat letter (PDF): is.gd/8L47wv

Mobility at the European Chemicals Agency! At ECHA in Helsinki to present and discuss methods to assess substance #mobility. This visit is related to the implementation of the new #PMT and #vPvM hazard classes introduced in the EU #CLP Regulation - with Raoul Wolf and Anne Deininger

I’ve spent the last 8 years working on a book about forever chemicals, or #PFAS, and the chemical industry’s decades-long campaign to cover up their dangers. What I discovered along the way is deeply disturbing, and yet the journey has left me hopeful. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/554198...

US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks. https://go.nature.com/4kd1vIu

Please join my webinar today "The Global Threat of from the Irreversible accumulation of Trifluoroacetic Acid (TFA)" www.healthandenvironment.org/che-webinars... (3PM EST/ 9 PM CET) Attendance has reached full capacity, but registrants on the wait list will get access to a recording afterward.

#PFAS in Europe - quo vadis? ARTE did an excellent, well-produced 10 minute news clip covering the concerns of PFAS in Europe, from its effects, clean-up and the phase out. I was very happy to be interviewed as part of this to talk about effects, clean-up and phase-out. www.arte.tv/en/videos/11...

💙 You are invited to the essential ZeroPM Webinar: "The implementation of the essential use concept from a chemical and psychological standpoint" with Sabine Pahl, Ellise Suffill, Rahul Aggarwal and Romain Figuière 26th of February 2025, 14.00 – 15.00 CET Register+info: zeropm.eu/2025/02/zero...

Announcing the special, gold open access #ZeroPM issue of Environmental Sciences Europe! The full issue and articles can be downloaded here: enveurope.springeropen.com/zeropm A youtube trailer is below! #PFAS #PMT #Essentialuse #Alternatives #Policy www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYv5...

💙The ZeroPM Science-Policy Webinar 6: "What can we learn from 25 years of work on PFAS" - with Magnus Buhl Løfstedt, European Environment Agency is now on youtube! If your interested in how EU environmental policy is made, particularly on #PFAS - do not miss! www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFu_...

How can we restore #PFAS contaminated farmlands in a sustainable way? 👩‍🌾 We are piloting a new approach that involves a virtuous cycle of Phytoremediation, Pyrolysis, and Biochar Application. How does it work? pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

This kept me up last night. I don’t think most people realize how much US science has slipped in the last 10 years. I’ve already received unsolicited competitive recruitment offers from Chinese universities. Other counties see what’s happening here and know exactly what to do.

Please join me for my #webinar: "Ultrashort-Chain PFAS: The global threat of trifluoroacetic acid" Hosted by the Collaborative for Health & Environment - EDC Strategies Partnership February 19, 2025 3 pm US Eastern Time, 9 pm Central European Time www.healthandenvironment.org/che-webinars...

Save the date: February 19, 2025 3:00 pm US Eastern Time With @hanspeterarp.bsky.social #PFAS www.healthandenvironment.org/che-webinars...

New release: #ZeroM Regulatory watch recap of most important EU policy initiatives for #PFAS and #PMT/#vPvM substances in 2024, and what to look out for in 2025. zeropm.eu/2025/01/reca... #REACH #CLP #water #soils #essentialuse #EPR #TFA

💙 You are invited to the free ZeroPM #Webinar: "Navigating the #science to #policy interface – what can we learn from 25 years of work on #PFAS" with Magnus Buhl Løfstedt from the European Environment Agancy (EEA). 22nd of January 2025, 15.00 – 16.00 CET Registration: zeropm.eu/2025/01/zero...

They’re toxic, everywhere and here forever. PFAS forever chemicals are in water, soils, air, wildlife and your body. They're linked to cancers & other diseases. We wrote 10 stories for the Guardian about PFAS. Here’s a round-up in case you missed it: 1/16

Thinking of refurbishing? Homes with high plastic content likely burn faster and with more deadlier smoke than those made with natural textiles and building materials. www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

💙 The #ZeroPM Webinar: A Global Perspective on the Persistence and Mobility of Regulated Chemicals - with @sivani.bsky.social and Raoul Wolf is now online! Video: youtu.be/9ehjndSWO-Y?... Slides: zenodo.org/records/1462... Database (betaversion): database.zeropm.eu #PFAS #PMT #Cheminformatics

The #ForeverLobbying Project exposes the real cost of #PFAS pollution on the environment, science, and politics. 46 journalists teamed up with 18 experts to investigate the worst pollution crisis humanity has ever faced, caused by the “poison of the century”. foreverpollution.eu/lobbying/

The costs of PFAS remediation: The more #PFAS are used and spread, the more the #health and #remediation costs. We conducted remediation cost estimates for soil, water, sludge and leachate for the EU27 countries, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and the UK: foreverpollution.eu/lobbying/the...

The third video in the 'Life in the Soil' channel is out, and it deals with soils under threat, specifically the effects of microplastic pollution. Hope you find it useful, please share it in your networks! :) youtu.be/jCSLB2X-HNQ

📚ZeroPM Regulatory Watch Update January 2025 Headlines: -Sweden calls to ban harmful substances in consumer products🧴 - EU MEPs calls for more action on PFAS in drinking water 🚰 -Soil monitoring law & "1 substance 1 assessment" package on Polish presidency’s table +more zeropm.eu/regulatory-w...

For Maths fans, 2025 is a square. 45² = 45 x 45 = 2025 Also, 9² x 5² = 2025 40² + 20² + 5² = 2025 My favourite? 1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025 #Mathematics #teaching #education

Are you an independent researcher dedicated to addressing chemical pollution? 🎁 This holiday season, skip the gadgets and give yourself a gift that supports a healthier planet for everyone - apply for membership with IPCP! www.ipcp.ch/about-ipcp/m...

🧩#ZeroPMPieces #22 Abishek Laxmanan Ravi Shankar from Fraunhofer ITEM presents physiologically based kinetic (#PBK) Modelling using in vitro to in vivo extrapolation (#IVIVE) analyses to predict the toxicokinetic profiles of triazoles (and triazines and #PFAS) Video: youtu.be/PzaRPNrhw0Y

Why are #TFA and other #PFAS planetary boundary threat? In a new #ZeroPM video, Ian Cousins, Hans Peter Arp and Emma Palm are interviewed by Sarah Hale to discuss their analysis on this issue. youtu.be/NyShFTVyu2o #planetaryboundaries

📚ZeroPM Regulatory Watch Update December 2024 Headlines: -EU Commission proposes ban on pesticides that degrade to #TFA -Alternative options to #PFAS ban in certain sectors -Denmark bans #PFAS in textiles -ECHA publishes #CLP Guideline + more zeropm.eu/regulatory-w...

One more day to this free #ZeroPM webinar on the Persistence and Mobility of chemicals in global commerce. Register below.

Hot take: Altmetric should track downloads from sci-hub.

When trying to decide if a plastic cleanup technology is a good idea, ask yourself: Would this work on land? Would dragging a net through a forest be a good idea? If the answer is “no”, then it’s not a good idea in the ocean, either. #INC5 #PlasticsTreaty

"CLEANING" THE OCEAN USING NETS IS A DANGEROUS IDEA. The Ocean Cleanup is using boats & a net to collect ocean plastic (left). I've circles all the animals trapped in their early prototypes (right). There are better ways to solve the ocean plastic problem... 🧵 #INC5 #PlasticsTreaty #PlasticTreaty