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From the Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/2022

 

• A step forward at the UN Environment Assembly towards reducing global pollution
• EU-funded research project to analyze aquatic degradation mechanisms of polymer materials
• Degradation of low-density polyethylene to nanoplastic particles by accelerated weathering
• Microplastic inputs into the marine environment - current state of knowledge and options for action
• ENVI Committee votes on Persistent Organic Pollutants
• UBA press release: Pesticide approvals undermine environmental protection
• EFSA publishes report on pesticide residues on food
• Consultation: ECHA proposes restriction on PFASs in firefighting foams
• Suspect screening reveals point source-specific patterns of emerging and novel per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
• ECHA Report on PFAS Cleaning Technologies
• UBA press release: Some people in Europe are exposed to a worryingly high level of pollutants
• UBA/BfR press release: "PARC": EU research partnership for risk assessment of chemicals starts
• Exposure to contemporary and emerging chemicals in commerce among pregnant women in the United States
• From cohorts to molecules: Adverse impacts of endocrine disrupting mixtures
• The UBA database "PHARMS-UBA" - "Medicines in the environment"

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