Green Nephrology - Italian Society of Nephrology
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We aim to combat climate change and mitigate its health impacts by promoting Green Nephrology
We still don’t fully know the health consequences of long-term microplastic ingestion — but waiting for certainty is risky. Reducing plastic production and atmospheric dispersion is public health protection. Planetary health = human health. #GreenNephrology
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We still don’t fully know the health consequences of long-term microplastic ingestion — but waiting for certainty is risky. Reducing plastic production and atmospheric dispersion is public health protection. Planetary health = human health. #GreenNephrology
Soil and water contamination matter — but this study shows that clean air is a food safety issue. Urban gardens, roadside crops, and areas near industry are more exposed. Air quality policies = dietary exposure policies. They are not separate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Soil and water contamination matter — but this study shows that clean air is a food safety issue. Urban gardens, roadside crops, and areas near industry are more exposed. Air quality policies = dietary exposure policies. They are not separate.
Vegetables grown outdoors had 10–100× higher microplastic levels than those from greenhouses. Older, outer leaves accumulate the most. So air pollution becomes part of what ends up on our plates — and therefore in our bodies.
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Vegetables grown outdoors had 10–100× higher microplastic levels than those from greenhouses. Older, outer leaves accumulate the most. So air pollution becomes part of what ends up on our plates — and therefore in our bodies.
A new Nature paper shows that plastic particles (PET, PS) pass through stomata — the tiny pores plants use to breathe. Once inside, they move through tissues and can reach the edible parts of crops. Not theory. Direct imaging and mass spectrometry confirmed it.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
A new Nature paper shows that plastic particles (PET, PS) pass through stomata — the tiny pores plants use to breathe. Once inside, they move through tissues and can reach the edible parts of crops. Not theory. Direct imaging and mass spectrometry confirmed it.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Takeaway: Sustainability in nephrology = system design + clinical reasoning + practical logistics.
High-impact change is possible now, without compromising care. 🌱
High-impact change is possible now, without compromising care. 🌱
November 18, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Takeaway: Sustainability in nephrology = system design + clinical reasoning + practical logistics.
High-impact change is possible now, without compromising care. 🌱
High-impact change is possible now, without compromising care. 🌱
Other meaningful actions:
♻️ Waste stream optimization (e.g., pyrolysis)
🚫 Avoid cotton blankets (very high water footprint)
🥗 Shift to lower-impact meals in dialysis centers
♻️ Waste stream optimization (e.g., pyrolysis)
🚫 Avoid cotton blankets (very high water footprint)
🥗 Shift to lower-impact meals in dialysis centers
November 18, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Other meaningful actions:
♻️ Waste stream optimization (e.g., pyrolysis)
🚫 Avoid cotton blankets (very high water footprint)
🥗 Shift to lower-impact meals in dialysis centers
♻️ Waste stream optimization (e.g., pyrolysis)
🚫 Avoid cotton blankets (very high water footprint)
🥗 Shift to lower-impact meals in dialysis centers
Most impactful changes weren’t equipment tweaks.
🚐 Reducing patient travel → biggest CO₂ savings
🧭 Incremental HD when appropriate → conserves resources
☀️ Solar power where grid emissions are high
🚐 Reducing patient travel → biggest CO₂ savings
🧭 Incremental HD when appropriate → conserves resources
☀️ Solar power where grid emissions are high
November 18, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Most impactful changes weren’t equipment tweaks.
🚐 Reducing patient travel → biggest CO₂ savings
🧭 Incremental HD when appropriate → conserves resources
☀️ Solar power where grid emissions are high
🚐 Reducing patient travel → biggest CO₂ savings
🧭 Incremental HD when appropriate → conserves resources
☀️ Solar power where grid emissions are high
🔗 Read the full article here:
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November 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🔗 Read the full article here:
journals.lww.com/cjasn/abstra...
journals.lww.com/cjasn/abstra...
Older adults with chronic kidney disease may need different levels of protein to avoid muscle loss, while still protecting kidney function. Precision nutrition helps balance these needs, improving well-being and strength over time.
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Older adults with chronic kidney disease may need different levels of protein to avoid muscle loss, while still protecting kidney function. Precision nutrition helps balance these needs, improving well-being and strength over time.
The gut microbiome is a key player. Diets richer in plant foods and fibre can help reduce uremic toxins and inflammation. This is not only about nutrients on a table, but about how food interacts with the body.
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The gut microbiome is a key player. Diets richer in plant foods and fibre can help reduce uremic toxins and inflammation. This is not only about nutrients on a table, but about how food interacts with the body.
Precision nutrition means adapting the diet to the individual.
This can include:
• Understanding personal metabolism
• Working with cultural food habits
• Considering food availability and food insecurity
• Supporting change that is realistic in daily life
This can include:
• Understanding personal metabolism
• Working with cultural food habits
• Considering food availability and food insecurity
• Supporting change that is realistic in daily life
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Precision nutrition means adapting the diet to the individual.
This can include:
• Understanding personal metabolism
• Working with cultural food habits
• Considering food availability and food insecurity
• Supporting change that is realistic in daily life
This can include:
• Understanding personal metabolism
• Working with cultural food habits
• Considering food availability and food insecurity
• Supporting change that is realistic in daily life
Nephrologists can play a key role in recognizing and addressing environmental drivers of kidney disease.
Collaboration with environmental scientists and policymakers is crucial for kidney and planetary health.
#GreenNephrology #CKD #AirPollution #Sustainability
Collaboration with environmental scientists and policymakers is crucial for kidney and planetary health.
#GreenNephrology #CKD #AirPollution #Sustainability
October 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Nephrologists can play a key role in recognizing and addressing environmental drivers of kidney disease.
Collaboration with environmental scientists and policymakers is crucial for kidney and planetary health.
#GreenNephrology #CKD #AirPollution #Sustainability
Collaboration with environmental scientists and policymakers is crucial for kidney and planetary health.
#GreenNephrology #CKD #AirPollution #Sustainability
Air pollution is a modifiable risk factor.
Reducing emissions, improving air quality, and even indoor air filtration could help slow CKD progression — yet these interventions remain underexplored in nephrology.
Reducing emissions, improving air quality, and even indoor air filtration could help slow CKD progression — yet these interventions remain underexplored in nephrology.
October 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Air pollution is a modifiable risk factor.
Reducing emissions, improving air quality, and even indoor air filtration could help slow CKD progression — yet these interventions remain underexplored in nephrology.
Reducing emissions, improving air quality, and even indoor air filtration could help slow CKD progression — yet these interventions remain underexplored in nephrology.
Patients exposed to higher PM2.5 levels showed increased risk of kidney failure.
Mechanisms? Oxidative stress, inflammation, and activation of TNF & JAK–STAT pathways in renal tissue — now demonstrated in cohort and mechanistic studies.
Mechanisms? Oxidative stress, inflammation, and activation of TNF & JAK–STAT pathways in renal tissue — now demonstrated in cohort and mechanistic studies.
October 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Patients exposed to higher PM2.5 levels showed increased risk of kidney failure.
Mechanisms? Oxidative stress, inflammation, and activation of TNF & JAK–STAT pathways in renal tissue — now demonstrated in cohort and mechanistic studies.
Mechanisms? Oxidative stress, inflammation, and activation of TNF & JAK–STAT pathways in renal tissue — now demonstrated in cohort and mechanistic studies.
Dalla riduzione dei consumi di acqua e materiali alla valutazione dell’impronta di carbonio delle unità di dialisi, fino alle sfide della medicina spaziale: la nefrologia abbraccia sempre più il suo ruolo nella salute del pianeta. 🌎💧 #SIN2025 #GreenNephroSIN
October 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Dalla riduzione dei consumi di acqua e materiali alla valutazione dell’impronta di carbonio delle unità di dialisi, fino alle sfide della medicina spaziale: la nefrologia abbraccia sempre più il suo ruolo nella salute del pianeta. 🌎💧 #SIN2025 #GreenNephroSIN
🗣️ Interventi:
• Green prescription – Giorgina Piccoli
• Carbon footprint unità dialisi – Anna Julie Peired
• Riduzione acqua & rifiuti – Mario Salomone
• Nefrologia nello spazio – Francesco Pizzarelli
• Green prescription – Giorgina Piccoli
• Carbon footprint unità dialisi – Anna Julie Peired
• Riduzione acqua & rifiuti – Mario Salomone
• Nefrologia nello spazio – Francesco Pizzarelli
October 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM
🗣️ Interventi:
• Green prescription – Giorgina Piccoli
• Carbon footprint unità dialisi – Anna Julie Peired
• Riduzione acqua & rifiuti – Mario Salomone
• Nefrologia nello spazio – Francesco Pizzarelli
• Green prescription – Giorgina Piccoli
• Carbon footprint unità dialisi – Anna Julie Peired
• Riduzione acqua & rifiuti – Mario Salomone
• Nefrologia nello spazio – Francesco Pizzarelli
Each decile increase in PM2.5 constituents raised risks of:
⬆️ 6.8% delayed graft function
⬆️ 3.6% acute rejection
⬆️ 4.7% graft failure
⬆️ 3.9% mortality
PM2.5 is not a single pollutant—it’s a toxic mix with distinct biological impacts. ⚗️
⬆️ 6.8% delayed graft function
⬆️ 3.6% acute rejection
⬆️ 4.7% graft failure
⬆️ 3.9% mortality
PM2.5 is not a single pollutant—it’s a toxic mix with distinct biological impacts. ⚗️
October 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Each decile increase in PM2.5 constituents raised risks of:
⬆️ 6.8% delayed graft function
⬆️ 3.6% acute rejection
⬆️ 4.7% graft failure
⬆️ 3.9% mortality
PM2.5 is not a single pollutant—it’s a toxic mix with distinct biological impacts. ⚗️
⬆️ 6.8% delayed graft function
⬆️ 3.6% acute rejection
⬆️ 4.7% graft failure
⬆️ 3.9% mortality
PM2.5 is not a single pollutant—it’s a toxic mix with distinct biological impacts. ⚗️
This work highlights a new frontier for #GreenNephrology: tackling specific pollutants that harm kidney transplant recipients.
Cleaner air saves kidneys, not just lungs. 🌿
Cleaner air saves kidneys, not just lungs. 🌿
October 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
This work highlights a new frontier for #GreenNephrology: tackling specific pollutants that harm kidney transplant recipients.
Cleaner air saves kidneys, not just lungs. 🌿
Cleaner air saves kidneys, not just lungs. 🌿
Different particles, different dangers:
☠️ Sulfate → long-term graft failure & mortality
⚛️ Lead → acute rejection
🔥 Organic carbon & Nickel → delayed graft function
Air quality composition matters for transplant outcomes.
☠️ Sulfate → long-term graft failure & mortality
⚛️ Lead → acute rejection
🔥 Organic carbon & Nickel → delayed graft function
Air quality composition matters for transplant outcomes.
October 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Different particles, different dangers:
☠️ Sulfate → long-term graft failure & mortality
⚛️ Lead → acute rejection
🔥 Organic carbon & Nickel → delayed graft function
Air quality composition matters for transplant outcomes.
☠️ Sulfate → long-term graft failure & mortality
⚛️ Lead → acute rejection
🔥 Organic carbon & Nickel → delayed graft function
Air quality composition matters for transplant outcomes.
Each decile increase in PM2.5 constituents raised risks of:
⬆️ 6.8% delayed graft function
⬆️ 3.6% acute rejection
⬆️ 4.7% graft failure
⬆️ 3.9% mortality
PM2.5 is not a single pollutant—it’s a toxic mix with distinct biological impacts. ⚗️
⬆️ 6.8% delayed graft function
⬆️ 3.6% acute rejection
⬆️ 4.7% graft failure
⬆️ 3.9% mortality
PM2.5 is not a single pollutant—it’s a toxic mix with distinct biological impacts. ⚗️
October 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Each decile increase in PM2.5 constituents raised risks of:
⬆️ 6.8% delayed graft function
⬆️ 3.6% acute rejection
⬆️ 4.7% graft failure
⬆️ 3.9% mortality
PM2.5 is not a single pollutant—it’s a toxic mix with distinct biological impacts. ⚗️
⬆️ 6.8% delayed graft function
⬆️ 3.6% acute rejection
⬆️ 4.7% graft failure
⬆️ 3.9% mortality
PM2.5 is not a single pollutant—it’s a toxic mix with distinct biological impacts. ⚗️