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Pamela L. Geller

@pgeller.bsky.social

Just an archaeologist thinking about the common sense of small, plastic things forgotten... #plasticarchaeology

34 Followers  |  41 Following  |  15 Posts  |  Joined: 12.02.2025  |  1.711

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Synthetic chemicals in food system creating health burden of $2.2tn a year, report finds Scientists issue urgent warning about chemicals, found to cause cancer and infertility as well as harming environment

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

10.12.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Art & Climate Panel on 8 Nov 2025 at the Miami Beach Botanical Garden

22.10.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Microplastics are everywhere, even in human testicles. So will the patriarchy finally step in? | Van Badham It’s not the sisterhood busting your balls, fellas – it’s the fossil fuel interests making money from the tonnes of synthetic garbage spewed on to the planet every day

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

07.08.2025 11:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Detection of microplastics in the human penis - International Journal of Impotence Research International Journal of Impotence Research - Detection of microplastics in the human penis

πŸ† … www.nature.com/articles/s41...

05.08.2025 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Propping Up a Failing Industry: How Overcapacity, Tariffs, and Subsidies Are Masking the Plastics and Petrochemical Crisis - Center for International Environmental Law Published on July 24, 2025. By Ximena Banegas, Global Plastics and Petrochemicals Campaigner at the Center for International Environmental Law.Β  The petrochemical industry is facing a financial crisis...

The math ain't mathing…
www.ciel.org/plastics-pet...

24.07.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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/articles/s41...

09.07.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Plasticized foil bag
PepsiCo's subsidiary
Beach cleanup remains

#packaging #plasticarchaeology #sciencehaiku #Lay’s #PepsiCo Provenience: 25.77586Β° N, 80.13053Β° W [Miami Beach, FL – Lummus Park]

17.04.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Miami Children's Environmental Congress, 10-11 April 2025...so happy to have been invited to participate in this
great event!

14.04.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mazur, Marta, Marco Ruggeri, Livia Ottolenghi, Andrea Scrascia, Laura Gobbi, and Giuliana Vinci. "Life cycle assessment of manual toothbrush materials." Discover Environment 2, no. 1 (2024): 86. link.springer.com/content/pdf/...

15.03.2025 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€ͺ
23 billion
thrown away annually.
Something is rotten.

#toothbrush #plasticarchaeology #sciencehaiku #Oral-B
Photo credit: Alanna Warner-Smith
Provenience: 38.91895Β° N, 77.03195Β° W [Washington, DC - Adams Morgan]

15.03.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation Researchers say problem could increase number of people at risk of starvation by 400m in next two decades

See www.theguardian.com/environment/...

14.03.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Floss pick discarded
Photosynthesis hindered
Microplastic soil

#dentalflosspick #plasticarchaeology #sciencehaiku #plackers #perrigo #ranir
Photo credit: Isabelle Sandnas
Provenience: 25Β°43'15"N 80Β°16'36"W [University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida]

14.03.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Chthulucene
Man, pavement, river, sea, fish
An entanglement

#dentalflosspick #plasticarchaeology #sciencehaiku #zootealy
Photo credit: Alanna Warner-Smith
Provenience: 38.92330Β° N, 77.04935Β° W [Washington, DC - Washington Memorial Bridge]

28.02.2025 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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5th grade beach clean up
Plastic paraphernalia
Today’s PSA

#vape #syringe #condomwrapper #plasticarchaeology #sciencehaiku #raz #trojan
Provenience: 25.77363Β° N, 80.13087Β° W [Miami Beach, FL - South Beach]

15.02.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pink giraffe flosser
Kid tested, parent approved
Nylon and PP

#dentalflosspick #plasticarchaeology #sciencehaiku #zootealy
Photo credit: Alanna Warner-Smith
Provenience: 38.92430Β° N, 77.05198Β° W [Washington, DC - Woodley Park]

14.02.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Open letter to INC Bureau regarding observer participation at INC 5.2 - Ikhapp Letter sent to INC Bureau on behalf of the Scientists’ Coalition calling for protections and assurances for observer participation at INC 5.2, dated 11th February 2025.

πŸ›‘ Observers struggled to follow #PlasticsTreaty talks in Busan due to closed-door meetings.

πŸ“¨ We sent an open letter urging the INC Bureau to uphold observer rights and boost transparency. πŸ‘‡

14.02.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump signs order to bring back plastic straws claiming paper ones β€˜explode’ Order rolls back Biden policy to phase out federal purchases of single-use plastic as Trump calls it a β€˜ridiculous situation’ On Monday, Donald Trump took aim at a β€œridiculous situation” that directly affects his daily life: paper straws. He signed an…

Trump signs order to bring back plastic straws claiming paper ones β€˜explode’

11.02.2025 05:31 β€” πŸ‘ 210    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 109    πŸ“Œ 72

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