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Mⓐrtin Wⓐgner @martiwag.bsky.social · 15d

„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 EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems

The global context has shifted dramatically since publication of the first EAT–Lancet Commission in 2019, with increased geopolitical instability, soaring food prices, and the COVID-19 pandemic exacer...

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Dr. Melanie Bergmann @melaniebergma18.bsky.social · 15d

‼️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.
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Where does the carbon go? A new carbon balance method to assess what happens to plastics under solar exposure

Plastic pollution is a major and global threat to ecosystems and human health, resulting from the spreading and breakdown of plastic litter in the environment. In an aquatic environment, the first cau...

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Mⓐrtin Wⓐgner @martiwag.bsky.social · Sep 19

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

Palace intrigues

The plastics treaty talks in Geneva ended without a deal. As negotiators weigh their options about the way forward, troubling questions are…

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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · Sep 5

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...

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Cultures Monde @culturesmonde.bsky.social · Sep 1

Nouvelle série consacrée aux déchets !

1er épisode : "Pollution plastique : un problème non traité"

A écouter sur @franceculture.fr

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Pollution plastique : un problème non traité : épisode 1/4 du podcast Nos chers déchets

AUDIO • Nos chers déchets, épisode 1/4 : Pollution plastique : un problème non traité. Une série inédite proposée par France Culture. Écoutez Cultures Monde, et découvrez nos podcasts en ligne.

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Julie Gacon @juliegacon.bsky.social · Sep 4

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...

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Μarie-France Dignac #PlasticsTreaty @mfdignac.bsky.social · Sep 4

Il n’y a aucun moyen de le savoir comme il n’y a aucun moyen de savoir quel cocktail chimique potentiellement toxique contient un objet en plastique, secret industriel.

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Gwendal Piégais @gwendalpiegais.bsky.social · Sep 2

"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...

Pollution plastique : un problème non traité : épisode 1/4 du podcast Nos chers déchets

AUDIO • Nos chers déchets, épisode 1/4 : Pollution plastique : un problème non traité. Une série inédite proposée par France Culture. Écoutez Cultures Monde, et découvrez nos podcasts en ligne.

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Shannon Osaka @shannonosaka.bsky.social · Sep 4

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.
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The health risks from plastics almost nobody knows about

Researchers have linked phthalates, chemicals found in plastics, to premature birth, infertility and ADHD.

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Anja Krieger @anjakrieger.bsky.social · Aug 26

Podcast alert 🔔 Our recap of the #plasticstreaty negotiations - with @arharrington1.bsky.social

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How [Not] to Make a Plastics Treaty - What really happened in Geneva?

Play How [Not] to Make a Plastics Treaty - What really happened in Geneva? by Plastisphere Podcast on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.

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Break Free From Plastic @breakfreefromplastic.org · Jul 29

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

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Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · Jul 28

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-...

Scientists issue urgent call ahead of final plastics treaty talks: This is the world’s last chance to act

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Dr. Melanie Bergmann @melaniebergma18.bsky.social · Jul 23

🔥 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/...

‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks

Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet

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Μarie-France Dignac #PlasticsTreaty @mfdignac.bsky.social · Jul 22

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

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Mⓐrtin Wⓐgner @martiwag.bsky.social · Jul 22

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.

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📢 Will you be joining or following the upcoming INC-5.2 meeting? | Scientists' Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty

📢 Will you be joining or following the upcoming INC-5.2 meeting? Interested in regular insights, updates, fact checks, and more from our global network of independent scientists? 🥳 Then our new INC S...

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Neil Tangri @tangri0.bsky.social · Jul 22

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

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Μarie-France Dignac #PlasticsTreaty @mfdignac.bsky.social · Jul 22

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.

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Lynn Jacobs @konwaiatanonwes.bsky.social · Jul 18

👇 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.

Indigenous rights, knowledge, and participation in the global plastics treaty | Cambridge Prisms: Plastics | Cambridge Core

Indigenous rights, knowledge, and participation in the global plastics treaty - Volume 3

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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · Jul 9

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...

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Dr.Dusan Materic (Matt) @dusanmateric.bsky.social · Jul 9

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...

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Mⓐrtin Wⓐgner @martiwag.bsky.social · Jul 9

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...

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.

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Break Free From Plastic @breakfreefromplastic.org · Jul 10

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

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Dr. Melanie Bergmann @melaniebergma18.bsky.social · Jul 10

🥁 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....

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Dr. Melanie Bergmann @melaniebergma18.bsky.social · Jul 11

📃 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 circular plastic economy should account for all societal costs | Cambridge Prisms: Plastics | Cambridge Core

A circular plastic economy should account for all societal costs

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Joseph Winters @jbwinters.bsky.social · Jul 11

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...

The oceans may contain much, much more plastic than previously thought

A new study finds there are 27 million metric tons of invisible plastic particles in the North Atlantic alone.

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