How hazardous carpet waste ends up in horse riding arenas
Journalist Laura Hoogenraad has been researching the reuse of old, shredded carpets full of chemicals in horse riding arenas, and this is what she found out:
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Children’s playgrounds are a source of toxic microplastics
In children’s playgrounds, industrial waste full of toxic substances is being used as part of the “circular economy”.
Are babies sufficiently protected against microplastics?
For the first time, scientists have found microplastics in the placenta. Recent research has also shown that babies consume 1.6 million microplastics daily via food from plastic bottles.
NGOs advocate for a more sustainable and fairer textile sector
Textile standards must become much stricter. The textile sector must be sustainable, respect human rights, and eliminate unfair trade practices. These are the conclusions at the heart of the European Strategy for Sustainable Textile, Garments, Leather and Footwear, which was published on 23 April.
Does plastic make us sick? Contact with microplastics may lead to immune cell death.
Amsterdam, October 25, 2019 – When immune cells attack microplastics, the immune cells die. Nienke Vrisekoop, assistant professor at UMC […]
CALL: Register plastics as chemicals substances
Amsterdam, 18 October 2019. Plastics must also comply with the rules for chemical substances. Environmental organizations have stated this in […]
WHO wants more research into the health effects of microplastics
Amsterdam, 22 August 2019 – The World Health Organization (WHO) has released for the first time a report on the […]
Better recycling of synthetic mattresses is half-baked solution
Amsterdam, 21 August 2019 – In the Netherlands, 1.2 million mattresses per year are placed at the side of the […]
The first Plastic Health Summit in the world
We eat, drink and breathe microplastics. Does it make us ill? This is the key question during the world’s first Plastic […]
We eat, drink and breathe more than 100,000 microplastics per year
Amsterdam, 27 June 2019 – The fact that each day we eat, drink and breathe microplastics has been known for […]
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Revolutionary: France’s ‘très simple’ alternative to plastic packaging
The refill revolution has started in France. A new law will make it possible to shop plastic-free in supermarkets. And that is fantastic news!
Statement Over Documentary Seaspiracy
By now you may have seen Seaspiracy, a new and shocking documentary about commercial fishing, but also about plastic pollution. We can imagine that this raises many questions, perhaps about us as well.
Microplastics are a source of bacteria and threaten humans and animals
Biological pathogens and antibiotic-resistant bacteria can grow on microplastics. That this poses a potential danger for human and animal health has been known for a long time. But it now appears that a commonly used water purification technology is helping spread potential pathogens on microplastics.
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The Plastic Soup Foundation, an Amsterdam-based organization that works internationally to stop the “plastic soup” (the ubiquity of plastic in […]
