MicroplasticLab Wageningen
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Microplastic Lab at Wageningen University led by Bart Koelmans.
Wageningen, The Netherlands
Joined January 2020
Congrats to all members of the Wageningen #Microplastic Lab team: we are #Clarivate #HighlyCited for eight years in a row, including 'Cross-Field' !
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New: Towards ecological risk assessment of #microplastics for regulatory purposes https://t.co/JasVVcDDFo
#RIVM rapport 2025-0095
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Hoe slecht zijn #microplastics voor je gezondheid?
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New by Taylor Lane et al. Exposure scenarios for human health risk assessment of nano- and #microplastics particles (2025).
link.springer.com
Microplastics and Nanoplastics - Evidence of nano- and microplastic particles being present in the human body has increased in recent years, yet there is no acceptable methodology to perform a...
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How can we keep up with the explosion of #microplastic studies when carefully and time-consumingly screening data for relevance in risk assessment? Artificial Intelligence offers a solution! #AI (1/4)
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Tackling #microplastic pollution in soil requires a '#OneHealth' risk assessment framework, driven by standardized, high-quality exposure & effect data to shape effective policies. Collaboration is key! See
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New paper about standardized #microplastics effects & risk assessments! Key takeaways: (a) First community-level risk assessment, (b) Protocols for creating realistic polydisperse MPs, (c) Call for harmonized testing & better reference materials.
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Even more reason to consider Springer's MINA Journal for your best #microplastics manuscripts: the journal is approved for indexing by Scopus! See all the MINA articles via the link below..
Looking for a useful link? Explore all the articles published in Springer's new Scientific Journal #Microplastics & #Nanoplastics. You can sort them by the number of citations, publication year, or relevance:
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@UOW @uowresearch @minderoo @KRaubenheimer @NikoUrho @ciel_tweets @andresdelcas @OECD_ENV @elenabuzzi @GCSEglobal @FinlandGeneva @nordenen @HACplastic @unccharlotte @ukyengineering Bart Koelmans of @WageningenUR affirms that precautionary principle could help the #RiskAssessment of micro- & nano-plastics. In parallel, more research is needed to develop diverse methods to predict #MNPs effects on human health, to be able to better model the exposure risks.
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Congrats to the @WURenvironment #microplastics team for being on the Highly Cited Researchers | Clarivate list for the 7th year in a row !
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The Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list identifies and celebrates individuals who have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their fields of research. Through rigorous selection criteria and...
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Love haute cuisine? Here's a recipe for #microplastics mixtures with the same level of polydispersity as in nature. This innovation will improve risk assessments for human and environmental health by providing realistic testing materials. ->Vera de Ruijter
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New study reveals that everyday LDPE food packaging can release 66-2034 #microplastics /cm² and hundreds of plastic-derived organic compounds under simulated conditions like microwaving, UV, freezing, & more. Time to rethink plastic wraps?
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In this study, we show that low-density polyethylene films, a prevalent choice for food packaging in everyday life, generated high numbers of microplastics (MPs) and hundreds to thousands of plasti...
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We dedicate this work to the memory of Juan Baztan, whose contributions to the field of #microplastic research and to the collaborative, ethical, and interdisciplinary advancement of knowledge for society will continue to inspire us all.
science.org
Twenty years after the first publication that used the term microplastic, we review current understanding, refine definitions, and consider future prospects. Microplastics arise from multiple...
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💥First #microplastics papers in the new special issue on human health implications, from the Dutch #MOMENTUM project, are online:
link.springer.com
MOMENTUM (Microplastics and Human Health Consortium, www.momentummicroplastics.nl) is an ongoing interdisciplinary research project that aims to unravel the ...
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Here's the @WUR news item about the new #microplastics review paper in Science
wur.nl
An international group of researchers says 20 years of research have generated sufficient knowledge about the sources and effects of microplastics to allow world leaders to agree measures to address...
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HOT off the press in @ScienceMagazine: Twenty years of #microplastics pollution research – what have we learned? Here’s an answer from @ProfRThompson, @WinnieCJ, Julien Boucher, @SabinePahl, @KRaubenheimer, and Bart Koelmans.
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Twenty years after the first publication that used the term microplastic, we review current understanding, refine definitions, and consider future prospects. Microplastics arise from multiple...
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Now peer-reviewed and online: 3D particle tracking of #microplastics settling in algal suspensions. High tech by Valerie de Rijk et al. 2024.
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Here is one of those rare, complex, but crucial studies on multiple stress at the food web level: Effect of an antidepressant on aquatic ecosystems in the presence of #microplastics By Nandini & Berte! @Berte_GY @AKWALisette
https://t.co/7qWvOJD8nu
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