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Come work with us! We are hiring a Post-doctoral Researcher for the Lake Ontario Center for Microplastic and Human Health.
Research will focus on input, transport, and fate of plastic debris in the Great Lakes basin. The position will begin ASAP.
For additional info, job #9770BR at rit.edu/careers.
05.08.2025 13:26 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
We were pretty busy at the cleanup on Monday so we didn't finish all the #plastic sorting with our #communityscience participants. Alonso finished it up back at our labs at #RIT!
16.07.2025 14:16 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Join us Monday for a #cleanup with the Seneca Park Zoo and the Edgerton R-Center! We'll be collecting #plastic #data and we'd love your help!
11.07.2025 17:25 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
YouTube video by University of Rochester
Ever Wonder: How Are Plastics Harmful to Our Health?
Dr. Katrina Korfmacher, IHHE co-leader of engagement, explains current research into how microplastics enter our environment, our bodies, and how they may be impacting our health.
#microplastics #SciComm
youtu.be/QKPJntne8tI
30.06.2025 16:51 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Hear from Alonso about how our community cleanups work. We cleaned more than 230 pounds of #litter with the Seneca Park Zoo on Saturday! #cleanup #CommunityScience #communityscience #plasticpollution #rochesterny @rittigers.bsky.social @ritscience.bsky.social
23.06.2025 14:38 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Check out two interesting items we found during our cleanup last weekend! What will we find next time?
23.06.2025 14:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We will be using the data to tune a model to predict where to install even more in the coming years. Stay tuned for more updates! We got these in just in time to capture the big rain this week and any #plasticpollution it washed down the drains.
20.06.2025 14:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We installed LittaTraps this week in partnership with
Monroe County, NY. Nine have gone in this year, with 10 more to go over the coming weeks to intercept debris from entering the storm water system and the environment. @ritscience.bsky.social @rittigers.bsky.social
20.06.2025 14:43 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Then Christy Tyler and @matthewhoffman.bsky.social talked about modeling plastic moving through and accumulating in the Monroe County watershed and the #greatlakes. They also participated in a panel discussion on #microplastic research and policy. @ritscience.bsky.social @rittigers.bsky.social
13.06.2025 17:14 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Wrapping up #iaglr25: Autumn Potts gave a great talk on how we are assessing our educational program around stormwater and debris and #plasticpollution.
13.06.2025 17:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
More #IAGLR25: Congrats to our @jaykucharek.bsky.social, who won Best Presenter in his session. Jay discussed installing 50 new LittaTraps in #Rochester to capture #plasticpolltion in storm drains to keep it out of the #greatlakes @rittigers.bsky.social @ritscience.bsky.social @iaglr.bsky.social
12.06.2025 18:06 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
@rittigers.bsky.social Environmental Education Specialist Kaeti Stoss was awarded the Elizabeth Thorndike Environmental Leadership Award by Genesee Riverwatch for outstanding contributions to improving education and community engagement. Congrats Kaeti! We are so fortunate to have you!
11.06.2025 15:09 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Is the Plastic in Your Kitchen Harmful?
Plastics in the kitchen may pose a risk, but their true health impact remains unclear. Researchers stress the need for more studies to understand how everyday plastic use affects our bodies.
Read about research being done by IHHE faculty members Dr. Katrina Korfmacher and Dr. Jacques Robert and other scientists from our Lake Ontario MicroPlastics Center.
#microplastics #SciComm
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www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/publica...
04.06.2025 00:22 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
And Kaeti and Jake Anderson talked about our Community Action for Stormwater Clean-up and Debris Elimination #CASCADE program and the expansion to Buffalo and Syracuse. @rittigers.bsky.social @ritscience.bsky.social
10.06.2025 17:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We were away last week in Milwaukee for the Annual
@iaglr.bsky.social conference. Our team presented many posters and talks related to our #microplastics work, so we'll be sharing photos all week. Mira Ghosh and Kaeti Stoss presented about community engagement in our #LOMP project. #IAGLR25
10.06.2025 17:45 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
What Experts Want You to Know About Microplastics
Catching up from last week, CPE member Christy Tyler was quoted in this @nytimes.com article on what you need to know about #microplastics:
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/w...
28.05.2025 14:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Syracuse Institute Studies Plastic Stormwater Pollution in Home City - Institute for Sustainability Engagement – Syracuse University
Our Community Action for Stormwater Clean-Up and Debris Elimination program for #plasticpollution and other debris is expanding to Syracuse with a partnership with the Institute for Sustainable Engagement at @syracuseu.bsky.social! @rittigers.bsky.social @ritscience.bsky.social
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14.05.2025 15:27 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
We had so many of our team members at the @ritscience.bsky.social graduation over the weekend. Congrats to Laura Krebs, Kate Spencer, Ren Staggs, Vanessa Baker, Nikki Fuller, Evan Batte, Autumn Potts, and Erika Fernandez, as well as all @rittigers.bsky.social graduates! #classof2025 #RITGrad
12.05.2025 15:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Our research group was featured on the cover of the spring issue of the @rittigers.bsky.social University Magazine www.rit.edu/news/micropl... @ritscience.bsky.social @matthewhoffman.bsky.social
30.04.2025 13:48 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Come and see us at Imagine RIT this weekend! We will be in Gosnell A261. We can’t wait to show you what we have been working on! 🐅🔬🥼 #science #plastic #microplastics
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23.04.2025 16:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Happy Earth Day! 🌎
The "Microplastics and Me" brochure created by our Lake Ontario MicroPlastics Center (LOMP) is a featured resource for the NIH Partnerships for Environmental Public Health (PEPH) Resource Center.
@urochester.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social @ritcpe.bsky.social #SciComm
22.04.2025 17:39 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
We’re so happy to use the PlasTell from Matoha Science to identify some of the #PlasticPollution we collected.
11.04.2025 22:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Catching up from two weeks ago, we had a great contingent from our center presenting posters about our #microplastic research at the Finger Lakes Research Conference at Hobart and William Smith Colleges #LOMP #CASCADE #greatlakes @rittigers.bsky.social @ritscience.bsky.social
20.02.2025 20:29 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
OBGYN, Co-Founder OBGYNs for Sustainable Future (www.obg4sf.org), Lecturer on plastics and health. TikTok discussing plastics and health, reproductive rights, born at 323ppm https://www.tiktok.com/@jvandis #MedSky #ObGyn
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