The Green Office and Pint of Science are organising an online lecture focusing on a problem that is often underestimated: Microplastics. Which effect do microplastics have on us? And how do we produce it?

In this talk, Dr Barbro Melgert, Associate professor Pharmaceutical Immunology at the RUG, will present pioneering studies using lungs-in-a-dish, also known as organoids, investigating effects of textile microfibers on lung tissue. Results suggest that the soft and fluffy synthetic textiles that we massively use these days, may have the potential to damage our lungs.  

Dr Francesca De Falco, Researcher at Plymouth University (UK), is the second speaker of the evening. In her lecture she will explore the release of microfibres from synthetic clothes to water by washing and to air by wearing. During her talk she will highlight factors of influence and possible mitigation actions.

More information here: https://tinyurl.com/Plastic-FreeWeek2021

Date: Monday 17th May 2021
Time: 20.00 - 21.00.
Location: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld_8cMgy7ww