DCU Water Institute @EPAResearchNews funded project looking at phthalates in environmental matrices #EPAIrelandResearch
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Dr. Shanna Swan on How Plastics in Food are Affecting Our Hormone Levels youtu.be/O1B44VmZFiI via @YouTube
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Bad news: Of the 59 billion #coffeecapsules produced globally in 2018, more than 56 billion were made from #plastic and #aluminium.
That’s a lot of coffee capsules going to landfill. Good news: Halo #Coffee capsules are 100% home compostable!
#coffeelover #CoffeeMoment
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Halo Coffee. The world’s best coffees, in a way that’s best for the world. 100% compostable coffee capsules. #NoCompromise #HaloCoffee youtu.be/evM5BOJM764
Watch the truth about coffee pods: halo.coffee/pages/the-truth-…
..."exposure to certain phthalates may contribute to increased risks of thyroid cancer and benign nodule"
Recently published study
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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EU courts uphold ECHA decision to classify BPA as a Substance of Very High Concern.
A timely reminder not to let children have till receipts to play with..... They're not normal paper
chemicalwatch.com/82386/eu-c…
No more plastic hangover... Nice Tedx talk from our collaborator @DCUWater Prof. Rolf Halden and @Lab_Casual
@ASU
youtu.be/UfQOee3AE3c
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An open access review of phthalate biomonitoring including data from Ireland:
mdpi.com/2305-6304/7/2/21/pd…
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Many Phthalates are not yet legislated for, and they can be classed as CECs
Want to know more about Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs)?
Check out these policy briefs prepared by the @WaterJPI .
Policy brief 1: What is contaminating our waters next?
waterjpi.eu/images/documents…
Policy brief 2: CECs – an emerging risk in our waters
waterjpi.eu/images/documents…
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We need to focus on raising public awareness of this... Fabric softener, air freshener, toxic
‘Fragrance’ can be code word for phthalates and other toxic chemicals in many products.
Fragrance is considered a trade secret and companies don’t have to share the ingredients that they decide are key to making a… instagram.com/p/Bzao-wThLNR/…
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Phthalates DCU retweeted
Myriam Bickle Graz discussing exposure to phthalates in the NICU @IliaStateUni @LPResGroup
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Phthalates DCU retweeted
4 years after groups reported harmful phthalates in vinyl flooring sold at popular stores, recent tests show the pressure to remove these hormone disrupting compounds worked.ow.ly/r6f250uOldv
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Phthalates are regulated in food packaging to less than 0.1%, but there are plenty of exposure routes not related to pizza boxes!
ec.europa.eu/environment/aar…
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Associations of Phthalates and Phthalate Replacements With CRH and Other Hormones Among Pregnant Women in Puerto Rico. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?ter….
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Some plastics are made with
Toxic additives that are known to impact the human
hormone systems
These additives are called endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs)
examples of EDC-Plastics: #BPA #BFRs #PFAS #phthalates
Read @TheEndoSociety
Intro to EDCs ⤵️
ipen.org/documents/introduct…
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Obesogens... chemicals which contribute to alteration of biological pathways leading to weight gain. Phthalates have been implicated in short term weight gain among post-menopausal women.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article…
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Interesting discussion about phthalates research in Ireland along with other contaminants of emerging concern today at the @NORMAN_network meeting in Paris @DCUWater with Prof. Fiona Regan and @BlanaidWhiteDCU
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