Elitsa Penkova
@elitsapenkova.bsky.social
Not a swimmer? We NEED you!
We're running a health study to find out whether people who swim in UK rivers and lakes get ill more often than those who don’t — and we need non-swimmers for comparison.
Join the study 👉 bit.ly/freshwater-s...
We're running a health study to find out whether people who swim in UK rivers and lakes get ill more often than those who don’t — and we need non-swimmers for comparison.
Join the study 👉 bit.ly/freshwater-s...
July 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Not a swimmer? We NEED you!
We're running a health study to find out whether people who swim in UK rivers and lakes get ill more often than those who don’t — and we need non-swimmers for comparison.
Join the study 👉 bit.ly/freshwater-s...
We're running a health study to find out whether people who swim in UK rivers and lakes get ill more often than those who don’t — and we need non-swimmers for comparison.
Join the study 👉 bit.ly/freshwater-s...
Don’t swim? We NEED you!
We're running a health study to find out whether people who swim in UK rivers and lakes get ill more often than those who don’t — and we need non-swimmers for comparison.
Join the study 👉 bit.ly/freshwater-s...
We're running a health study to find out whether people who swim in UK rivers and lakes get ill more often than those who don’t — and we need non-swimmers for comparison.
Join the study 👉 bit.ly/freshwater-s...
June 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Don’t swim? We NEED you!
We're running a health study to find out whether people who swim in UK rivers and lakes get ill more often than those who don’t — and we need non-swimmers for comparison.
Join the study 👉 bit.ly/freshwater-s...
We're running a health study to find out whether people who swim in UK rivers and lakes get ill more often than those who don’t — and we need non-swimmers for comparison.
Join the study 👉 bit.ly/freshwater-s...
💧Wild swimming is great for your mental health, research from @UniofExeter confirms it! - see below
But what about your physical health? Could there be hidden risks beneath the surface?
If you've swum in the past 2 weeks, we want to hear from you: 👉 bit.ly/freshwater-s...
But what about your physical health? Could there be hidden risks beneath the surface?
If you've swum in the past 2 weeks, we want to hear from you: 👉 bit.ly/freshwater-s...
June 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
💧Wild swimming is great for your mental health, research from @UniofExeter confirms it! - see below
But what about your physical health? Could there be hidden risks beneath the surface?
If you've swum in the past 2 weeks, we want to hear from you: 👉 bit.ly/freshwater-s...
But what about your physical health? Could there be hidden risks beneath the surface?
If you've swum in the past 2 weeks, we want to hear from you: 👉 bit.ly/freshwater-s...
💧Swimming in rivers and lakes is great for your mental health. But how does it affect your physical health?
If you've swum in the past 2 weeks, we want to hear from you:
👉 bit.ly/freshwater-s...
If you've swum in the past 2 weeks, we want to hear from you:
👉 bit.ly/freshwater-s...
June 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
💧Swimming in rivers and lakes is great for your mental health. But how does it affect your physical health?
If you've swum in the past 2 weeks, we want to hear from you:
👉 bit.ly/freshwater-s...
If you've swum in the past 2 weeks, we want to hear from you:
👉 bit.ly/freshwater-s...
💦 Love wild swimming? So do we. 🌞🏊♀️🌳
But we also ask:
Do wild swimmers get unwell more often than non-swimmers?
Take 10 minutes to help us find out
👉https://bit.ly/freshwater-swim-survey
#WildSwimmingUK
But we also ask:
Do wild swimmers get unwell more often than non-swimmers?
Take 10 minutes to help us find out
👉https://bit.ly/freshwater-swim-survey
#WildSwimmingUK
June 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
💦 Love wild swimming? So do we. 🌞🏊♀️🌳
But we also ask:
Do wild swimmers get unwell more often than non-swimmers?
Take 10 minutes to help us find out
👉https://bit.ly/freshwater-swim-survey
#WildSwimmingUK
But we also ask:
Do wild swimmers get unwell more often than non-swimmers?
Take 10 minutes to help us find out
👉https://bit.ly/freshwater-swim-survey
#WildSwimmingUK
🌊 Wild swimming is irresistible right now! 🌞🏊♀️
But do swimmers experience infections more often than non-swimmers? To find out, we need YOU 🙋♀️ 🙋♂️
If you've swum in the past 2 weeks, we want to hear from you
👉 bit.ly/freshwater-s...
@watershed-i.bsky.social @sascampaigns.bsky.social
But do swimmers experience infections more often than non-swimmers? To find out, we need YOU 🙋♀️ 🙋♂️
If you've swum in the past 2 weeks, we want to hear from you
👉 bit.ly/freshwater-s...
@watershed-i.bsky.social @sascampaigns.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🌊 Wild swimming is irresistible right now! 🌞🏊♀️
But do swimmers experience infections more often than non-swimmers? To find out, we need YOU 🙋♀️ 🙋♂️
If you've swum in the past 2 weeks, we want to hear from you
👉 bit.ly/freshwater-s...
@watershed-i.bsky.social @sascampaigns.bsky.social
But do swimmers experience infections more often than non-swimmers? To find out, we need YOU 🙋♀️ 🙋♂️
If you've swum in the past 2 weeks, we want to hear from you
👉 bit.ly/freshwater-s...
@watershed-i.bsky.social @sascampaigns.bsky.social
🚨 SWIMMERS & NON-SWIMMERS WANTED!
Take part in a survey about the health risks of freshwater bathing and help inform public health research 🏊♀️
Take the survey: bit.ly/freshwater-s...
More about the National Health Snapshot study: www.ecehh.org/news/health-...
Take part in a survey about the health risks of freshwater bathing and help inform public health research 🏊♀️
Take the survey: bit.ly/freshwater-s...
More about the National Health Snapshot study: www.ecehh.org/news/health-...
June 14, 2025 at 8:56 AM
🚨 SWIMMERS & NON-SWIMMERS WANTED!
Take part in a survey about the health risks of freshwater bathing and help inform public health research 🏊♀️
Take the survey: bit.ly/freshwater-s...
More about the National Health Snapshot study: www.ecehh.org/news/health-...
Take part in a survey about the health risks of freshwater bathing and help inform public health research 🏊♀️
Take the survey: bit.ly/freshwater-s...
More about the National Health Snapshot study: www.ecehh.org/news/health-...
💧A 2020 study found that people who swim around the UK coast report getting sick more often than those who don't.
But what about river swimmers, often exposed to sewage spills and runoff?
Help us find out 🔍
👉 Take part: bit.ly/freshwater-s...
Find out more: www.ecehh.org/news/health-...
But what about river swimmers, often exposed to sewage spills and runoff?
Help us find out 🔍
👉 Take part: bit.ly/freshwater-s...
Find out more: www.ecehh.org/news/health-...
June 12, 2025 at 8:54 AM
💧A 2020 study found that people who swim around the UK coast report getting sick more often than those who don't.
But what about river swimmers, often exposed to sewage spills and runoff?
Help us find out 🔍
👉 Take part: bit.ly/freshwater-s...
Find out more: www.ecehh.org/news/health-...
But what about river swimmers, often exposed to sewage spills and runoff?
Help us find out 🔍
👉 Take part: bit.ly/freshwater-s...
Find out more: www.ecehh.org/news/health-...
🚨 SWIMMERS & NON-SWIMMERS WANTED!
Take part in a survey about the health risks of freshwater bathing and help inform public health research🏊♀️
Take part: bit.ly/freshwater-s...
More info: www.ecehh.org/news/health-...
@exeter.ac.uk @uniofexeternews.bsky.social @oxonandrew.bsky.social
Take part in a survey about the health risks of freshwater bathing and help inform public health research🏊♀️
Take part: bit.ly/freshwater-s...
More info: www.ecehh.org/news/health-...
@exeter.ac.uk @uniofexeternews.bsky.social @oxonandrew.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
🚨 SWIMMERS & NON-SWIMMERS WANTED!
Take part in a survey about the health risks of freshwater bathing and help inform public health research🏊♀️
Take part: bit.ly/freshwater-s...
More info: www.ecehh.org/news/health-...
@exeter.ac.uk @uniofexeternews.bsky.social @oxonandrew.bsky.social
Take part in a survey about the health risks of freshwater bathing and help inform public health research🏊♀️
Take part: bit.ly/freshwater-s...
More info: www.ecehh.org/news/health-...
@exeter.ac.uk @uniofexeternews.bsky.social @oxonandrew.bsky.social
🚨 SWIMMERS & NON-SWIMMERS WANTED!
Have you swum in a river/lake in the past 2 weeks? Did you feel unwell, or totally fine afterwards?
Help inform public health research. 🏊♀️🧍♂️
📋 Take part: bit.ly/freshwater-s...
🔍 More info: www.ecehh.org/news/health-...
@uniofexeternews.bsky.social
Have you swum in a river/lake in the past 2 weeks? Did you feel unwell, or totally fine afterwards?
Help inform public health research. 🏊♀️🧍♂️
📋 Take part: bit.ly/freshwater-s...
🔍 More info: www.ecehh.org/news/health-...
@uniofexeternews.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 8:35 AM
🚨 SWIMMERS & NON-SWIMMERS WANTED!
Have you swum in a river/lake in the past 2 weeks? Did you feel unwell, or totally fine afterwards?
Help inform public health research. 🏊♀️🧍♂️
📋 Take part: bit.ly/freshwater-s...
🔍 More info: www.ecehh.org/news/health-...
@uniofexeternews.bsky.social
Have you swum in a river/lake in the past 2 weeks? Did you feel unwell, or totally fine afterwards?
Help inform public health research. 🏊♀️🧍♂️
📋 Take part: bit.ly/freshwater-s...
🔍 More info: www.ecehh.org/news/health-...
@uniofexeternews.bsky.social
Thank you for sharing, Leana! @leanahosea.bsky.social
Also featuring @elitsapenkova.bsky.social's "Pooh Sticks" study on the contribution pharmaceutical pollution is making to the development of antimicrobial resistant bacteria.
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
Streams of medicines: what’s hiding in the UK’s waterways? – podcast
In episode one of a two-part series, biodiversity reporter Phoebe Weston tells Madeleine Finlay about the problem of chemical pollution in our waterways, and how it could be contributing to what the W...
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Thank you for sharing, Leana! @leanahosea.bsky.social
Reposted by Elitsa Penkova
E.coli, antibiotic resistant genes, chemicals & meds: just some of the nasties we found in the waters at England's designated bathing sites. The i Paper has covered our joint research with @sascampaigns.bsky.social @alistairboxall.bsky.social & river groups around the country.
bit.ly/4gHNv7x
bit.ly/4gHNv7x
UK bathing sites polluted with drugs and pesticides could create superbugs
High levels of harmful bacteria and medicines used to treat diabetes and seizures were discovered in samples collected from 23 rivers and lakes
bit.ly
January 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
E.coli, antibiotic resistant genes, chemicals & meds: just some of the nasties we found in the waters at England's designated bathing sites. The i Paper has covered our joint research with @sascampaigns.bsky.social @alistairboxall.bsky.social & river groups around the country.
bit.ly/4gHNv7x
bit.ly/4gHNv7x
It's #WAAW2024
Did you know? Even if you've never taken antibiotics, you're still at risk of antibiotic-resistant infections.
This is a community issue—antibiotic use in people, animals, and the environment fuels the spread of resistant bacteria, increasing the risk for everyone.
Did you know? Even if you've never taken antibiotics, you're still at risk of antibiotic-resistant infections.
This is a community issue—antibiotic use in people, animals, and the environment fuels the spread of resistant bacteria, increasing the risk for everyone.
November 22, 2024 at 10:43 AM
It's #WAAW2024
Did you know? Even if you've never taken antibiotics, you're still at risk of antibiotic-resistant infections.
This is a community issue—antibiotic use in people, animals, and the environment fuels the spread of resistant bacteria, increasing the risk for everyone.
Did you know? Even if you've never taken antibiotics, you're still at risk of antibiotic-resistant infections.
This is a community issue—antibiotic use in people, animals, and the environment fuels the spread of resistant bacteria, increasing the risk for everyone.
It's #WAAW2024
Did you know? Microbes naturally produce antibiotics to compete with one another. But since humans began mass-producing and overusing these drugs, we’ve unintentionally fueled the evolution of resistant “superbugs.”
Let’s preserve antibiotics for those who truly need them! 💊
Did you know? Microbes naturally produce antibiotics to compete with one another. But since humans began mass-producing and overusing these drugs, we’ve unintentionally fueled the evolution of resistant “superbugs.”
Let’s preserve antibiotics for those who truly need them! 💊
November 20, 2024 at 9:59 AM
It's #WAAW2024
Did you know? Microbes naturally produce antibiotics to compete with one another. But since humans began mass-producing and overusing these drugs, we’ve unintentionally fueled the evolution of resistant “superbugs.”
Let’s preserve antibiotics for those who truly need them! 💊
Did you know? Microbes naturally produce antibiotics to compete with one another. But since humans began mass-producing and overusing these drugs, we’ve unintentionally fueled the evolution of resistant “superbugs.”
Let’s preserve antibiotics for those who truly need them! 💊