Francesca De Falco

Rejecting a Weak Plastics Treaty, Countries Open the Door to Stronger Climate Ambition When the gavel came down on the sixth round of plastics treaty negotiations (confusingly named INC 5.2) in Geneva, the mood in the room was…

#INC5.2 of the #plasticstreaty negotiations has ended without a treaty. But rather than a setback, this offers the opportunity for a reset. The process delivered political will and good texts but could not overcome bad procedure. There are better options for a way forward: medium.com/@climatesail...

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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.

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
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Disposable wet-wipes as potential source of pollution: Multi-analytical investigation of the composition of fibres and additives Wet wipes are used as disposable products for personal hygiene care, domestic cleaning, and sanitary use. Increased use of wet wipes as a consequence …

🚨New paper out!

🔬We applied a protocol based on EGA-MS and multi-shot Py-GC-MS to identify the chemical composition (fibres+additives) of 12 types of commercial wet wipes.

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We are getting ready for today's seminar with Prof. Dr. Luca Nizzetto from NIVA (Oslo, Norway). Don't miss this exciting speaker and join us 12.15 CEST in H 33 @unibayreuth.bsky.social !👇

Glad to be at @setac.bsky.social in Vienna this week.

Look for poster 259 in Poster area 1 tomorrow Tuesday 13th and come say hello!

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🌟 Warm welcome @francadefalco.bsky.social to our CRC Team! 🌟 Francesca joined the Emmy Noether Group @plasticsediment.bsky.social at @unibayreuth.bsky.social , linked to our CRC. Excited for interdisciplinary work bridging materials science & environmental science, funded by @dfg.de 👌 #Microplastics

We'll investigate the fragmentation, transport and chemical leaching of plastics in sedimentary systems.

Happy to share that I have started a new position as Postdoctoral Researcher in the Emmy Noether Research group PLASTICAL led by @plasticsediment.bsky.social at the @unibayreuth.bsky.social, associated to the @crc1357.bsky.social!