Mⓐrtin Wⓐgner
@martiwag.bsky.social
Plastics, people, planet. Hunting down toxic chemicals and #microplastics, sciencing for an ambitious #plasticstreaty.
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Mⓐrtin Wⓐgner
@martiwag.bsky.social
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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.
www.nature.com
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...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I'm really looking forward to participating in this @nature.com conference on "Microplastics: an emerging threat to human and planetary health"
📆 18th Nov
📍London
⬇️ Details & registration
natureconferences.streamgo.live/microplastic...
#microplastics #onehealth #plasticpollution #PlasticTreaty
📆 18th Nov
📍London
⬇️ Details & registration
natureconferences.streamgo.live/microplastic...
#microplastics #onehealth #plasticpollution #PlasticTreaty
Microplastics: an emerging threat to human and planetary health
Microplastics (MPs), along with the chemicals they release, are pervasive and persistent contaminants in ecosystems worldwide. Increasingly, MPs are also being detected throughout the human body.Scien...
natureconferences.streamgo.live
November 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I'm really looking forward to participating in this @nature.com conference on "Microplastics: an emerging threat to human and planetary health"
📆 18th Nov
📍London
⬇️ Details & registration
natureconferences.streamgo.live/microplastic...
#microplastics #onehealth #plasticpollution #PlasticTreaty
📆 18th Nov
📍London
⬇️ Details & registration
natureconferences.streamgo.live/microplastic...
#microplastics #onehealth #plasticpollution #PlasticTreaty
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Informativ artikkel med blant andre @martiwag.bsky.social om hva plastforskere unngår i sine egne liv:
- Å varme mat i plast.
- Klær av plastmaterialer.
- Kjøkkenutstyr med plast og teflon.
- Engangsplast som kaffekopper og matemballasje når det er mulig.
www.tv2.no/nyheter/inne...
- Å varme mat i plast.
- Klær av plastmaterialer.
- Kjøkkenutstyr med plast og teflon.
- Engangsplast som kaffekopper og matemballasje når det er mulig.
www.tv2.no/nyheter/inne...
Dette unngår plastforskerne helt
Hvor farlig er egentlig mikroplast og kjemikalier fra plasten vi omgir oss med? Vi spurte forskerne hva de selv har sluttet helt med.
www.tv2.no
October 27, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Informativ artikkel med blant andre @martiwag.bsky.social om hva plastforskere unngår i sine egne liv:
- Å varme mat i plast.
- Klær av plastmaterialer.
- Kjøkkenutstyr med plast og teflon.
- Engangsplast som kaffekopper og matemballasje når det er mulig.
www.tv2.no/nyheter/inne...
- Å varme mat i plast.
- Klær av plastmaterialer.
- Kjøkkenutstyr med plast og teflon.
- Engangsplast som kaffekopper og matemballasje når det er mulig.
www.tv2.no/nyheter/inne...
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"While scientists need to recognize the limits of what they can contribute... they must be involved in the policy process now more than ever. Attempts to exclude them- whether by external forces or by self-censorship-deprive society of an important resource"
Science and policy: Crossing the boundary - Dale Jamieson, Naomi Oreskes, Michael Oppenheimer, 2015
Because of their specific knowledge, scientists are well positioned to identify environmental threats to humankind, sound the alarm, and propose and comment, at...
journals.sagepub.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:06 AM
"While scientists need to recognize the limits of what they can contribute... they must be involved in the policy process now more than ever. Attempts to exclude them- whether by external forces or by self-censorship-deprive society of an important resource"
In case you are close to London, here is a half-day event on #microplastics on 18th of November. Organized by @nature.com.
natureconferences.streamgo.live/microplastic...
natureconferences.streamgo.live/microplastic...
Microplastics: an emerging threat to human and planetary health
Microplastics (MPs), along with the chemicals they release, are pervasive and persistent contaminants in ecosystems worldwide. Increasingly, MPs are also being detected throughout the human body.Scien...
natureconferences.streamgo.live
October 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
In case you are close to London, here is a half-day event on #microplastics on 18th of November. Organized by @nature.com.
natureconferences.streamgo.live/microplastic...
natureconferences.streamgo.live/microplastic...
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We make a similar argument here: that the UN won't be able to deliver ambitious plastics treaty. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
UN politics won’t deliver an ambitious plastics treaty
Negotiators again failed to finalize the text for a global plastics treaty in Geneva in August 2025. The talks exposed two harsh truths. Consensus on the treaty text, where no state formally objects, ...
www.science.org
October 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
We make a similar argument here: that the UN won't be able to deliver ambitious plastics treaty. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
„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/
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...
www.thelancet.com
October 5, 2025 at 8:22 AM
„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/
Plastics are the key enabler of globalized food systems…
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01201-2/
The fabulous @anjakrieger.bsky.social has dropped a new episode of the Plastisphere podcast - this time with Jane Muncke and myself pondering over the issue of plastic chemicals and, well, capitalism. Enjoy! #plasticpollution #plasticstreaty
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soundcloud.com/plastisphere...
Plastic Chemicals - A Toxic Relationship and How We Can Start Fixing It
In this episode, we’re taking a deep dive into plastic chemicals and their impacts on human and environmental health. You’ll learn why it’s not such a great idea to put plastic containers into your di
soundcloud.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The fabulous @anjakrieger.bsky.social has dropped a new episode of the Plastisphere podcast - this time with Jane Muncke and myself pondering over the issue of plastic chemicals and, well, capitalism. Enjoy! #plasticpollution #plasticstreaty
soundcloud.com/plastisphere...
soundcloud.com/plastisphere...
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After the Geneva round of the #PlasticsTreaty talks ended without a deal, troubling questions are being raised about the role played by @unep.org Executive Director Inger Andersen — and an apparent bid to topple the Committee’s elected Chair medium.com/points-of-or...
Palace intrigues
The plastics treaty talks in Geneva ended without a deal. As negotiators weigh their options about the way forward, troubling questions are…
medium.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
After the Geneva round of the #PlasticsTreaty talks ended without a deal, troubling questions are being raised about the role played by @unep.org Executive Director Inger Andersen — and an apparent bid to topple the Committee’s elected Chair medium.com/points-of-or...
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
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…
medium.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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
https://medium.com/points-of-order/palace-intrigues-e158a369e296
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"...We are making & discarding so much plastic that it has become a substantial component of the global carbon cycle..." Aron Stubbins (The Plastics Center at Northeastern University) on Pang et al's piece on plastics & the marine carbon cycle in NatureSustainability
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Plastics in the marine carbon cycle - Nature Sustainability
Marine plastic pollution is a growing problem threatening ocean ecosystems. Now research explores how these plastics may be impacting the ocean’s ability to offset anthropogenic carbon emissions.
www.nature.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
"...We are making & discarding so much plastic that it has become a substantial component of the global carbon cycle..." Aron Stubbins (The Plastics Center at Northeastern University) on Pang et al's piece on plastics & the marine carbon cycle in NatureSustainability
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🧪 ECHA has started a Call for Evidence for Substances in packaging/packaging waste.
🗓️ Open consultation deadline: 28.10.25
Please contribute papers and other evidence, as there will probably be many submissions with #ConflictsOfInterest.
➡️Details here: echa.europa.eu/cfe-substanc...
#plastic
🗓️ Open consultation deadline: 28.10.25
Please contribute papers and other evidence, as there will probably be many submissions with #ConflictsOfInterest.
➡️Details here: echa.europa.eu/cfe-substanc...
#plastic
Call for Evidence for Substances in packaging and packaging waste - ECHA
echa.europa.eu
September 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM
🧪 ECHA has started a Call for Evidence for Substances in packaging/packaging waste.
🗓️ Open consultation deadline: 28.10.25
Please contribute papers and other evidence, as there will probably be many submissions with #ConflictsOfInterest.
➡️Details here: echa.europa.eu/cfe-substanc...
#plastic
🗓️ Open consultation deadline: 28.10.25
Please contribute papers and other evidence, as there will probably be many submissions with #ConflictsOfInterest.
➡️Details here: echa.europa.eu/cfe-substanc...
#plastic
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In a new interview, journalist Saabira Chaudhuri explains how the plastics industry persuaded consumers to embrace disposability — no matter the costs.
Inside the Plastics Industry Playbook: Delay, Deny, and Distract
In an interview with e360, Saabira Chaudhuri, author of a new book on the history of the plastics industry, discusses how petrochemical companies worldwide have molded consumers to embrace convenience...
e360.yale.edu
September 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
In a new interview, journalist Saabira Chaudhuri explains how the plastics industry persuaded consumers to embrace disposability — no matter the costs.
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What can we learn from the pioneers who started the citizen science beach cleanup movement?
I wrote about the lessons we can learn from their plastics activism for the conversation.
I wrote about the lessons we can learn from their plastics activism for the conversation.
In the 1980s, beach cleanups were envisaged as citizen science, aimed squarely at industrial pollution.
Meet the women who turned beach cleanups into a global movement – and what was forgotten along the way
In the 1980s, beach cleanups were envisaged as citizen science, aimed squarely at industrial pollution.
tcnv.link
September 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
What can we learn from the pioneers who started the citizen science beach cleanup movement?
I wrote about the lessons we can learn from their plastics activism for the conversation.
I wrote about the lessons we can learn from their plastics activism for the conversation.
The larger strategy has many names: disinformation playbook here, manufactured doubt in my field.
The result is always the same: scientists and science are being harmed by actors with vested interest and so are health and the environment. #plasticstreaty
The result is always the same: scientists and science are being harmed by actors with vested interest and so are health and the environment. #plasticstreaty
"Five tactics used by industry to undermine science. The disinformation playbook tactics are employed by industry during the scientific process and the science-based decision-making process"
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The disinformation playbook: how industry manipulates the science-policy process—and how to restore scientific integrity - Journal of Public Health Policy
For decades, corporate undermining of scientific consensus has eroded the scientific process worldwide. Guardrails for protecting science-informed processes, from peer review to regulatory decision ma...
link.springer.com
September 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The larger strategy has many names: disinformation playbook here, manufactured doubt in my field.
The result is always the same: scientists and science are being harmed by actors with vested interest and so are health and the environment. #plasticstreaty
The result is always the same: scientists and science are being harmed by actors with vested interest and so are health and the environment. #plasticstreaty
"Single-use plastic was never inevitable. It was a business decision," writes Saabira Chaudhuri. Good reminder of manufactured demand.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/o...
Opinion | Throwaway Plastic Has Corrupted Us
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
"Single-use plastic was never inevitable. It was a business decision," writes Saabira Chaudhuri. Good reminder of manufactured demand.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/o...
Excellent reporting on endocrine disrupting chemicals in plastics. Some of them suggested for a global ban under a future #plasticstreaty.
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 result is this story.
I hope you'll take the time to read.
wapo.st/4g3ZoFc
The health risks from plastics almost nobody knows about
Researchers have linked phthalates, chemicals found in plastics, to premature birth, infertility and ADHD.
wapo.st
September 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Excellent reporting on endocrine disrupting chemicals in plastics. Some of them suggested for a global ban under a future #plasticstreaty.
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Podcast alert 🔔 Our recap of the #plasticstreaty negotiations - with @arharrington1.bsky.social
m.soundcloud.com/plastisphere...
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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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August 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Podcast alert 🔔 Our recap of the #plasticstreaty negotiations - with @arharrington1.bsky.social
m.soundcloud.com/plastisphere...
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In the brutal heat in Geneva [and the #plasticstreaty negotiations], everybody seems in desperate need of some cooling down.
August 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
In the brutal heat in Geneva [and the #plasticstreaty negotiations], everybody seems in desperate need of some cooling down.
Some hope needed for #plasticstreaty negotiations. This on is a piece of art I found at the UN premisses this morning.
August 8, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Some hope needed for #plasticstreaty negotiations. This on is a piece of art I found at the UN premisses this morning.
Many winding paths unfold in the #plasticstreaty negotiations. This one leads to the Swiss Ceramic and Glass Museum right next to UN compound. Why not take a little break to contemplate other materials?
August 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Many winding paths unfold in the #plasticstreaty negotiations. This one leads to the Swiss Ceramic and Glass Museum right next to UN compound. Why not take a little break to contemplate other materials?
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Hi #INC5 — it’s 1925 calling — Did you know that in 1925, Bakelite ran this ad copy in the Sat. Evening Post: "Under water for six months -- and still alright." 4/25/1925
According to a 1931 US Tarriff Commission report, Bakelite Corp. spent $217,867 that year on advertising. #PlasticsTreaty
According to a 1931 US Tarriff Commission report, Bakelite Corp. spent $217,867 that year on advertising. #PlasticsTreaty
August 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Hi #INC5 — it’s 1925 calling — Did you know that in 1925, Bakelite ran this ad copy in the Sat. Evening Post: "Under water for six months -- and still alright." 4/25/1925
According to a 1931 US Tarriff Commission report, Bakelite Corp. spent $217,867 that year on advertising. #PlasticsTreaty
According to a 1931 US Tarriff Commission report, Bakelite Corp. spent $217,867 that year on advertising. #PlasticsTreaty
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Just a reminder #plasticpollution is not a new issue. Scientists found plastic in birds in the 1960s and described ocean plastics in the early 1970s, with reports in media like the NYTimes and Washington Post. The #plastics industry knew.
on.soundcloud.com/cjiLyn5fxSlU...
#inc52 #plasticstreaty
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#inc52 #plasticstreaty
The Discovery of Plastic Pollution
Plastic pollution seems to be a pretty new issue, right? In the past few years, the topic has been all over the media. But if you explore the history of science, it turns out that the problem really i
soundcloud.com
August 7, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Just a reminder #plasticpollution is not a new issue. Scientists found plastic in birds in the 1960s and described ocean plastics in the early 1970s, with reports in media like the NYTimes and Washington Post. The #plastics industry knew.
on.soundcloud.com/cjiLyn5fxSlU...
#inc52 #plasticstreaty
on.soundcloud.com/cjiLyn5fxSlU...
#inc52 #plasticstreaty
This marvelous Sequoiadendron giganteum grows next to the UN building where the #plasticstreaty negotiations happen. Strong reminder that some things outlast us, not only plastics.
August 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
This marvelous Sequoiadendron giganteum grows next to the UN building where the #plasticstreaty negotiations happen. Strong reminder that some things outlast us, not only plastics.