Free Webinar: Ultra-Processed Food & Plastics: A Toxic Relationship
Ultra-processed foods and plastics threaten human health and the environment in numerous ways – alone and in synergy- as outlined in the recently published paper “A toxic relationship: Ultra-processed foods & plastics.”
Join the Interfaith Public Health Network and Beyond Plastics as we bring together some of that paper’s authors, other experts in science and public policy, and faith leaders to discuss the nature of the problem and offer concrete actions we can take to protect people and planet.
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.
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.
Plastics vs Public Health: Moving from Personal Responsibility to Corporate Accountability
Join Island Press for a conversation with Kristina Marusic, author of A New War on Cancer: The Unlikely Heroes Revolutionizing Prevention and Matt Simon, author of A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies for a discussion on plastics and public health. Judith Enck, president of Beyond Plastics and Bennington College professor and former EPA regional administrator, will moderate and add her powerful perspective.
Plastics: Earth’s Super Polluters
As the world shifts from fossil fuel based energy and transportation, plastics are the petrochemical industry's Plan B, with more plastics infrastructure being built every year. Plastic and the climate crisis go hand in hand: global warming emissions from U.S. plastics will surpass emissions from coal in the U.S. by 2030.
Envisioning a World Beyond Plastics | University of Albany’s Leading Questions Series Welcomes Judith Enck
UAlbany School of Public Health’s Dr. Erin Bell will interview Judith Enck, former EPA Regional Administrator about her work in environmental advocacy and discussing the impact of plastics’ production and disposal and the role it plays in climate change and environmental equity.