From September 23-27, 2024, the Canary Island of Lanzarote, Spain, hosted the 5th Edition of the International MICRO 2024 Conference. The event brought together researchers and policymakers from around the world to address the complexities of plastic pollution, from macro to nano. Several partner institutions of the LABPLAS Project, including Universidade da Coruña, Universidade de…
Partners of the LABPLAS project recently attended the 2024 SETAC conference to showcase their respective research progress to address plastic pollution. Todd Gouin – Enviro Research Presented a model depicting relative risks of microplastic particles being vectors for plastic additive chemicals. Based on the findings, it appears that environmental releases of these chemicals from consumer…
For some time now an ever-growing amount of research has been dedicated to microplastic pollution in the marine environment. The H2020 LABPLAS project broadens the focus by studying the presence and impact of microplastics at the environmental dimension of rivers and their relation to the overall sea fluxes. During the 2024 General Assembly Meeting of…
We are thrilled to share that the second General Assembly of LabPlas took place on June 27th and 28th in the beautiful city of Braga, Portugal, hosted at the impressive facilities of the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL). During these two days, experts and collaborators gathered to discuss the latest advancements and breakthroughs in…
Last 5th and 6th of April, a workshop about Modeling was conducted in Villefranche sur Mer. The workshop aimed to achieve two key objectives: rReview of the protocols and methods developed by Sorbonne University for in situ plastic incubations, and for laboratory experiments on particle drop rates in a settling column. Discussion about the experimental…
From December 2022, LABPLAS is accepted as part of the EU mission “Restore our Oceans and waters” What is the mission? With a 2030 target, the EU Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters” aims to protect and restore the health of our ocean and waters through research and innovation, citizen engagement and blue investments. The…
As you know, every 8th of June the United Nations promotes the celebration of the World Oceans Day, a date to remember the importance of our oceans. Their biodiversity, the source of protein for a billion people that they represent as well as their power to clean the atmosphere and provide us with 50% of…
On 30th September, the European Research Agency (REA) organised a “Cluster Meeting of Projects Contributing to the EU Plastics Strategy”. LABPLAS Coordinator Prof. Ricardo Beiras (Universidade de Vigo-Ecotox) presented LABPLAS project’s objectives, activities and expected impacts in Session 2: Tackling Plastic Pollution. Eleven other EU H2020 projects which were kick-started in the spring of 2021…