Amila Abeynayaka

Calling all researchers attending #SETACVienna2025! The SETAC plastics IG will be hosting an in-person member meeting (others welcome, too) at the conference on Wednesday, May 14th from 16:00 - 18:00

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09.05.2025 10:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The inputs from the workshop were insightful and valuable for the ongoing work on the Decision Support Tool (DST). #plasticpollution #plastics #farm

25.03.2025 09:29 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Yacaranda trees lining street in Johannesburg, South Africa with text that abstract submission is now open and to submit at setac.org/johannesburg.

Abstract submission for the 🇿🇦 SETAC 9th World Congress from 29 September–3 October in Johannesburg, South Africa, is now open. Submit your abstract by 17:00 SAST on 28 May.

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#enviornmentalscience #conference #sciencematters

20.03.2025 16:37 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Plastic use in agriculture | Minagris MINAGRIS, over the next 5 years, will explore the impacts of plastic debris on agricultural soil health. This blog explains what plastics are, the extent to which they are used in agriculture across…

Plastics are vital in farming, but what's the cost? Our blog reveals the growing problem of #plasticpollution in agricultural soils, impacting key organisms like bees & springtails. Learn more: https://buff.ly/4hyzKb8

#agriculture #microplastics #soilhealth

07.02.2025 10:43 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

New infographic presents different sources and pathways of micro- and nano-plastics in soil | Minagris Our new infographic, designed by Spotteron for the MINAGRIS project, presents many different sources and pathways of micro- and nano-plastics in soil ecosystems. These pathways are based on a…

Keen to understand how microplastics affect #soilhealth?

Our infographic presents many different sources and pathways of micro- and nano-plastics in soil ecosystems.

#soilscience

20.02.2025 16:15 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Did you know that ants 🐜 also carry microplastic particles into their nests? And, unlike earthworms and springtails who accidentally transport them, ants actively carry them.

We recorded ants doing just that!

#soilscience

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11.03.2025 16:15 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

#Microplastics Mobile resistome
Guruge and Goswami, et al., #Plastiome: Plastisphere-enriched mobile #resistome in aquatic environments. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 471, Article 134353.
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20.03.2025 12:49 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

The time for ambitious action is now: Science-based recommendations for plastic chemicals to inform an effective global plastic treaty The ubiquitous and global ecological footprint arising from the rapidly increasing rates of plastic production, use, and release into the environment …

"The time for ambitious action is now: Science-based recommendations for plastic chemicals to inform an effective global plastic treaty"
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#plasticpollution #Microplastics #Chemicals #OpenAccess #openscience

20.03.2025 12:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Water quality and floating #microplastics pollution along Southern to Northwestern Coast, #SriLanka | Sri Lanka Journal of Aquatic Sciences. sljas.sljol.info/articles/10....

20.03.2025 12:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0