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The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) has published a job opening: in the department Chemical and Product Safety of the BfR is in the unit “Fibre and Nanotoxicology” the following two year position is immediately available: Scientific officer for the assessment of health effects of micro- and nanoplastics (f/m/x).

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations publishes a review on human exposure to micro- and nanoplastic (MNP) via dietary sources; finds that lack of sufficient data and standardized analytical methods preventing conclusive answers on potential health impacts.

The plastic production has been rising for years now. Plastic can break down into smaller particles, called microplastics, so small, they can be inhaled. Researchers don’t know yet what the health risks of exposure to microplastics are. The potential effects will hence be studied by performing health measurements before and after exposure at three locations with varying traffic loads in Utrecht.

Second edition of the CUSP newsletter recaps all that has happened during the last six months; take a look to find out about upcoming events and exciting initiatives.

Plastic particles are ubiquitous pollutants in the living environment and food chain but no study to date has reported on the internal exposure of plastic particles in human blood. 

Now, researchers have published research in Environment International detecting and quantifying polymers from plastics in human blood for the first time.

21 October will see the Plastic Health Summit, organised by the Plastic Soup Foundation, in Amsterdam and online. Two POLYRISK researchers will be speaking in the first session, on exposure and toxic effects.

It has been 6 months since the kick-off meeting launching our exciting project, and CUSP has now laid the ground for starting its research. The first issue of the CUSP newsletter has now been published.

CUSP, the European Research Cluster to Understand the Health Impacts of Micro- and Nanoplastics has just published its brand-new website.

This month saw the official launch of CUSP, the European Research Cluster to Understand the Health Impacts of Micro- and Nanoplastics.

An analysis entitled ‘Towards FAIR nanosafety data’ has been published in Nature Nanotechnology.

On 1 April, POLYRISK was launched, a 4 year project with 15 partners in 7 countries that is designed to understand exposure and toxicity of micro- and nanoplastic contaminants in humans.