Free Online Webinar: Microplastics’ Impact on the Brain & Heart
May
15

Free Online Webinar: Microplastics’ Impact on the Brain & Heart

Recent studies have found small fragments of plastics known as  microplastics in the human brain and heart arteries. These studies have also shown a link between the presence of microplastics and adverse health outcomes. How do these tiny bits of plastic enter our bodies and make their way into our brains and our hearts? And what happens when they lodge there?

Join Beyond Plastics, Physicians for Social Responsibility - NYS, and Environmental Advocates of New York for a free educational webinar on these questions with Dr. Sanjay Rajagopalan, a physician scientist whose work has helped transform global perceptions and understanding of the impact of environmental risk factors on cardiovascular disease and Marcus Garcia, PharmD, RPh, University of New Mexico Medical School, co-authors of two ground-breaking recent studies on the presence of microplastics in the human heart and brain.

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PPC Webinar | Plastic-Free President: The Future of U.S. Policy on Plastics
Oct
23

PPC Webinar | Plastic-Free President: The Future of U.S. Policy on Plastics

Join Plastic Pollution Coalition and Beyond Plastics for a discussion with key allies and policy experts about recommendations and priorities for the next U.S. Administration, to protect people and the planet. These actions will be critical not only for the U.S. but for the world—since the U.S. is the world’s top plastic polluting country.

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Plastic Perils: Understanding the Impact on Your Health, the Environment, and What You Can Do About It
Sep
24

Plastic Perils: Understanding the Impact on Your Health, the Environment, and What You Can Do About It

Plastics are ubiquitous in our lives, but their consequences are far-reaching including disrupting hormones to polluting our oceans and the food we eat from it. To protect ourselves and our families, we need to grab onto a few key ways we can reduce plastic in our lives.

Megan J. Wolff, PhD, MPH, Health Policy Director at Beyond Plastics, will delve into the science behind plastic pollution, the health implications, and the environmental impacts.

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Webinar: Plastics and Your Health
May
2

Webinar: Plastics and Your Health

The negative impacts of plastic on human health are increasingly visible and increasingly costly. This March, the New England Journal of Medicine released the results of a study detecting micro- and nanoplastics in the carotid artery plaque of 58% of patients, and found that it measurably increased the risk of heart attack, stroke, and all-cause mortality in those patients. What does this mean for us? Join Beyond Plastics for a conversation with Philip J. Landrigan, M.D. on Plastics and Your Health.

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Webinar: How NY is Holding Pepsi Accountable for Its Plastic Pollution - & Your State Can, Too
Feb
20

Webinar: How NY is Holding Pepsi Accountable for Its Plastic Pollution - & Your State Can, Too

On November 15, 2023 New York Attorney General Letitia James sued PepsiCo for misleading the public about its goals to eliminate single-use plastic, and for endangering the environment. Please join us from 7-8pm ET on Tuesday, February 20 for a conversation with Lemuel Srlovic, Chief of the Environmental Bureau of the New York Attorney General’s Office, about the details and significance of the suit.

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