Project partners meet and reflect on AURORA’s first year
AURORA’s project partners come together for the first in-person annual consortium meeting; review first year of project progress, discuss challenges, collaborations, and agree on next steps
The scale of micro- and nanoplastic (MNP) pollution is becoming increasingly clear yet little is known about how this pollution impacts health. We are developing an actionable European roadmap for early-life health risk assessment of MNPs.
AURORA’s project partners come together for the first in-person annual consortium meeting; review first year of project progress, discuss challenges, collaborations, and agree on next steps
Scientific commentary discusses pregnancy- and child-relevant exposure to and impacts of nano- and microplastics: finds 37 studies mostly on plastic particles in food and placental transfer, identifies major knowledge gaps, and advocates policymakers and industry to implement precautionary approaches
Rapid review assesses microplastics impacts on human cells and reports thresholds of effects lower than previously predicted; scientific study finds polystyrene (PS) microplastics to have nephrotoxic potential; reproduction and fertility study with mice reports PS microplastics to affect females more than males
All of our expert scientific, project management, and communications partners came together this month for a productive meeting in #Utrecht to discuss our #research progress so far on #microplastics and coordinate next steps. Read more on our website ⬇️ https://t.co/A1VSDR6DmR
Read MoreThis project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under AURORA grant agreement No 964827.
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