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Tony R. Walker

@tonyrwalker1.bsky.social

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Professor, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada 🇨🇦
Editor, Cambridge Prisms: Plastics
Born at 324 in 🇬🇧
#plasticpollution #singleuseplastic #microplastics #PlasticsTreaty #ClimateChange #SciComm #SciPol

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Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 2d

Happy to share that I made the #Clarivate #HighlyCited2025 list again.

This time in 2 field categories (in the field of Environment and Ecology and in Cross-Field)!

#plasticpollution
#singleuseplastic
#microplastics
#PlasticsTreaty
#ClimateChange
#SciComm
#SciPol
@dalhousieu.bsky.social

Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 13h

What 50 years of buried data tell us about Canada’s mining oversight

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What 50 years of buried data tell us about Canada’s mining oversight

Canada’s fragmented approach to mining assessments has left regulators, communities and industry working with incomplete information as they head into a modern mining rush, write Dal's Alana Westwood ...

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Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 15h

theconversation.com/plastic-wast...

Plastic waste is a toxic legacy – and an important archaeological record

Like the bronze and iron ages, plastic is defining an archaeological era.

theconversation.com

Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 1d

The path to responsible mining in northern Ontario starts with Indigenous consent
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#mining
#Ontario
#Canada
#Pollution

The path to responsible mining in northern Ontario starts with Indigenous consent

Canada’s accelerated approach to mining raises major concerns for both the environment and Indigenous rights.

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Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 2d

"As in the United States, #EU recyclers are experiencing low demand for recycled plastics amid cheap virgin resin and “insufficient regulatory incentives for the use of recycled materials.” "

#CapPlasticProduction
#CircularEconomy
#PlasticWaste
#PlasticPollution
#ExtendedProducerResponsibility

Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 This is why we urgently need to cap or massively disincentivize cheap virgin plastic resins and instead incentivize the use of #recycled #plastics. ⬇️

EU recyclers warn Commission of industry collapse

resource-recycling.com/plastics/202...

#PlasticsTreaty
#Recycling

EU recyclers warn Commission of industry collapse

More than 100 recyclers issued a call, coordinated by a Dutch consultancy, for the European Commission to take immediate action in addressing the causes of the current industry crisis – itself a windo...

resource-recycling.com

Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 2d

Pleased to share that I also made the the #Clarivate #HighlyCited2025 list again. And this time in 2 field categories (in the field of Environment and Ecology and in Cross-Field)!

Clarivate for Academia & Government @clarivateag.bsky.social · 2d

Today we announce the Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list—celebrating 6,868 individuals from over 1,300 institutions across 60 countries. #HighlyCited2025

Read the full press release: clarivate.com/news/clariva...

Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you 🙏

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Clarivate for Academia & Government @clarivateag.bsky.social · 2d

Enjoy your success! Congratulations from all of us at Clarivate. #HighlyCited2025

Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 2d

Honoured to have made the #Clarivate #HighlyCited2025 list again.

This time in 2 field categories (in the field of Environment and Ecology and in Cross-Field)!

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@dalfaculty.bsky.social

Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 2d

#PlasticsTreaty
#PlasticPollution
#ConflictOfInterest
#PetrochemicalStates
#PetrochemicalLobbyists
@scientistscoa.bsky.social
@ciel.org
#INC5.2
@dalhousieu.bsky.social

Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 2d

Nice shiny new accepted manuscript led by Tim Kiessling with Sabine Rech Klaus Reus and me 👇

Underrepresented developing States, marginalized communities, big business and procedural injustice – how equal were the UN INC-5.2 Global Plastic Treaty negotiations?

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Underrepresented developing States, marginalized communities, big business and procedural injustice – how equal were the UN INC-5.2 Global Plastic Treaty negotiations? | Cambridge Prisms: Plastics | C...

Underrepresented developing States, marginalized communities, big business and procedural injustice – how equal were the UN INC-5.2 Global Plastic Treaty negotiations?

www.cambridge.org

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Clarivate for Academia & Government @clarivateag.bsky.social · 2d

Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 4d

🚨 Our study featured on CBC Compass in PEI tonight 👇

Are there #microplastics in P.E.I. #lobster meat? Most likely, says researcher

www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

@dalhousieu.bsky.social

Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 4d

Researchers find #microplastics in the tails of lobsters caught off Nova Scotia
halifax.citynews.ca/2025/11/05/r...

Researchers find microplastics in the tails of lobsters caught off Nova Scotia

The lead researcher of a new study assessing microplastics in lobsters says the research can serve as a warning that plastic pollution is landing on people’s dinner plates. The study, published in the...

halifax.citynews.ca

Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 5d

Had fun in the sun on the climb zone today at Bike/Ski Wentworth.

Also pleased to be able to see our cottage from the trail (if you look carefully).

Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 5d

Our research about #microplastics in lobster 🦞 featured on Global News National last night 👇

Microplastics found in lobster, researchers sound alarm

globalnews.ca/video/115182...

Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 5d

#Microplastics found in #lobster, researchers sound alarm

globalnews.ca/video/115182...

Microplastics found in lobster, researchers sound alarm | Watch News Videos Online

Watch Microplastics found in lobster, researchers sound alarm Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

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Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 6d

Grimace at the finish at the Butter Trail #parkrun!

Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 6d

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Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 7d

Our study even made it into the British tabloids ⬇️

Urgent warning to seafood lovers as scientists discover dangerous #microplastics in LOBSTERS 🦞

www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...

@dalhousieu.bsky.social

Warning to seafood lovers as scientists find microplastics in LOBSTERS

It's bad news for seafood lovers, as dangerous microplastics have been found in the meat of the American lobster, a popular food exported around the world.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 8d

Study finds #microplastics in Nova Scotia lobster 🦞 meat

www.seafoodsource.com/news/environ...

Study finds microplastics in Nova Scotia lobster meat

A new study published by Dalhousie University said it found microplastics in the meat of lobsters caught off the coast of Nova Scotia

www.seafoodsource.com

Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 8d

Microplastic contamination in edible American lobster (Homarus americanus) muscle tissue

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Microplastic contamination in edible American lobster (Homarus americanus) muscle tissue

This study investigated internalized microplastic (MP) concentration, size, and polymer composition in the edible muscle tissue of Homarus americanus …

www.sciencedirect.com

Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 8d

New N.S. study finds #microplastics in edible portions of #lobster tails 🦞

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

@dalhousieu.bsky.social

Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 8d

How the plastics industry shifted responsibility for recycling onto you, the consumer
theconversation.com/how-the-plas...

#plastics
#plasticwaste
#plasticpollution
#recycling
#extendedproducerresponsibility
#EPR

How the plastics industry shifted responsibility for recycling onto you, the consumer

Only 9% of plastics ever made have been recycled. Clever industry campaigns have shifted the costs of their own waste onto consumers.

theconversation.com

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The Chronicle Herald @thechronicleherald.bsky.social · 8d

A Dalhousie study finds on average six to seven particles of microplastics per gram of meat in the lobsters from around Nova Scotia, but researchers aren't surprised.
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

Dalhousie University study finds microplastics in meat from lobsters along Nova Scotia shoreline

A study found on average six to seven particles per gram of meat in the lobsters from around Nova Scotia, but researchers aren't surprised

www.saltwire.com

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Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 8d

This new study, which reveals that microwaving plastic containers releases billions of nano- and microplastics, “should be a wake-up call—not just to new parents, but to the FDA . . . They need to be far more proactive,” says Beyond Plastics President Judith Enck.

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