The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Environmental Health Matters Initiative is organizing a webinar series to explore human exposure to and related health effects of microplastics in the environment.
Register Add to Calendar 2025-02-27 16:30:00 UTC 2025-02-27 18:00:00 UTC UTC Microplastics and Health: Methodologies for appropriate and improved sampling, analysis, characterization, monitoring, and reporting of microplastics The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Environmental Health Matters Initiative is organizing a webinar series to explore human exposure to and related health effects of microplastics in the environment. https://council.science/events/microplastics-health-methodologies/
The first webinar will promote awareness and provide a standard baseline understanding of microplastics’ critical characteristics and associated future research direction. Specifically, speakers and panelists will highlight best practices and considerations for the collection, measurement, and characterization of microplastics in different media. They will also explore the latest scientific findings that could enhance the comparability, reproducibility, and transparency of future microplastic research, providing crucial insights to inform downstream decision-making.
Future webinars
The webinar series “Exploring Exposure and Related Health Effects” will run between February and May 2025. The next webinar themes are:
- Webinar #2: The Distribution of Microplastics in the Environment and Human Exposure Pathways. Date: March 20 (Tentative)
- Webinar #3: The Potential Hazards to Human Health and The Environment from Microplastics and the Complexity of Assessing Risks. Date: April TBD
- Webinar #4: The Critical Role of Risk Communication when Considering Mitigation Exposure to Microplastics to Protect Human Health. Date: May TBD
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Register Add to Calendar 2025-02-27 16:30:00 UTC 2025-02-27 18:00:00 UTC UTC Microplastics and Health: Methodologies for appropriate and improved sampling, analysis, characterization, monitoring, and reporting of microplastics The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Environmental Health Matters Initiative is organizing a webinar series to explore human exposure to and related health effects of microplastics in the environment. https://council.science/events/microplastics-health-methodologies/
