Therese Karlsson, PhD
Science and Technical Advisor at IPEN working for a toxics-free future for all · Posts=my own views ofc · 🏳️🌈 · (she/her)
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- "We cannot continue to favor oil industry profits over the health of our children and grandchildren,” said Pamela Miller, IPEN Co-chair. stoppoisonplastic.org/blog/despite...
- “Given the limitations of applying a circular approach to plastic waste, there is a strong case for regulating plastic production under the Plastic Treaty” said Ieva Rucevska, principal expert at GRID-Arendal. stoppoisonplastic.org/blog/plastic...
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- "Nations Agree to Ban Toxic Plastic Chemicals but Take Unprecedented Action Putting Health and the Environment at Risk" on the outcome of BRS COPs 2025 ipen.org/news/nations...
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- New research by Matsunaga et al. (2025) show long-range transport of several benzotriazole UV stabilizers in plastics, including to remote islands. www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/emcr... “the findings highlight the need for international regulation of plastics and associated chemicals”.
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- The perfect soundtrack for going into next weeks negotiations www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... For quickviews, guides on POPs coming up for discussion at this years #BRSCOPs and other relevant resources see ipen.org/conferences/... #BRSCOPs2025
- The UV328 controversy ipen.org/documents/re...
- See our QuickViews on the upcoming Conference of the Parties for the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions where discussions will include listings for new chemicals, traceability of POPs and environmentally sound management. ipen.org/sites/defaul...
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- The POPs Review Committee notes that: "Enhanced transparency & traceability, through better labelling and information systems, are widely considered necessary." For a quick summary & our recommendations: stoppoisonplastic.org/blog/portfol...
- We looked at the Chair's text for a future plastics treaty (the draft that emerged from INC-5.1) and here are our recommendations on how to ensure the protection of human health and the environment with specific comments on the draft articles. ipen.org/sites/defaul...
- "This is digital genocide: populations of vulnerable people are being deleted. Data on transgender men and women are being deleted. We are also losing data on maternal mortality. These populations will suffer now and for decades to come. " www.bmj.com/content/388/...
- "...calling for a substantial reduction in the number of chemicals used in plastics manufacturing, and a complete ban of chemicals known to be detrimental to both human health and the environment" phys.org/news/2025-02... @treeonplastics.bsky.social @bcarneyalmroth.bsky.social @thoba.bsky.social
- New study show impacts of debris from the X-Press Pearl disaster in Sri Lanka on plankton. Our results also highlight that plastics are not inert. They continuously sorb, leach, & transport toxic chemicals. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Looked into some of the misleading statistics behind recycling percentages of plastics. EU data talks about 41% recycling rates, currently, for plastics. But from the underlying data it seems like it's actually closer to 6-9% 🤔 ipen.org/sites/defaul...
- Reposted by Therese Karlsson, PhDRead our latest publication addressing chemicals in recycling, and how we might address these issues. We identified 5 key points: www.cambridge.org/core/service... E Carmona @treeonplastics.bsky.social @thoba.bsky.social, D Slunge, N Chukwuone, @theresekarlsson.bsky.social 🧪
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