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”.
Press releases
WHO calls for more research into the health effects of microplastics: The first conference on this in the world will be held on 3 October
Amsterdam 20 August 2019 – The World Health Organisation (WHO) published its first report into the effects of microplastics on human […]
NEW HAND SIGNAL FOR DIVERS: THE P FOR PLASTIC
For Immediate Release 11 March 2019 A group of Dutch divers, diving companies and the Plastic Soup Foundation are introducing […]
ZonMw starts pioneering research into the health risks associated with plastic
Amsterdam, 7 March 2019– Every day we inhale and ingest microplastics through the air that we breathe and the food […]
Scientific research into health risks of microplastics: Does plastic make us sick?
PRESS RELEASE Start of scientific research into the health risks of microplastics: Does plastic make us sick? Nieuwspoort, 22 […]
Adidas, Nike, H&M and Zara products tested on microfiber loss during washing
Munich, 4th February 2019 – In the last year, the Institute for Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials of the Italian National […]
ECHA proposes to ban intentionally added microplastics
BEAT THE MICROBEAD COALITION: “THIS IS A HUGE VICTORY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH!” Amsterdam, 30 January 2019 – […]
Extensive loss of pellets at sea remains without sanctions
Plastic Soup Foundation organizes a pellet count in the Netherlands Amsterdam, 28 January 2019 – At the start of this […]
Announcement: The Plastic Health Coalition gains two new strategic partners
Just one month ago, in an effort to inform people and encourage the reconsideration of our dependence on disposable plastic, […]
Launch Health Campaign: Start Plastic Diet
Amsterdam, 8 June 2018 – Plastic can cause cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer’s Chemicals in plastic can cause cancer, […]
Latest news
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.
HEALTH RESEARCHER
The Plastic Soup Foundation, an Amsterdam-based organization that works internationally to stop the “plastic soup” (the ubiquity of plastic in […]
