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Microfibres in the Mediterranean are floating homes for bacteria

Envirotec Magazine

These microfibres likely pose a threat to aquatic ecosystems and human health, because once they become colonized by microorganisms, they smell like food and are consumed by marine organisms. Due to their persistence, the microfibres likely build up in marine organisms as they move through the food chain.

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Ocean-dumping for Fukushima wastewater: Japan’s complex decision remains contentious

Envirotec Magazine

Also speaking to The Guardian , Geraldine Thomas, a molecular pathology specialist and radiation expert at Imperial College London, suggested there was no risk to health or seafood from either tritium or carbon-14.

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A contamination conundrum

Envirotec Magazine

Also speaking to The Guardian, Geraldine Thomas, a molecular pathology specialist and radiation expert at Imperial College London, suggested there was no risk to health or seafood from either tritium or carbon-14.

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Eating one freshwater fish equals a month of drinking ‘forever chemicals’ water, says US study

Envirotec Magazine

Researchers from Washington-based advocacy organization Environmental Working Group said they had calculated that eating one fish in a year equated to ingesting water with PFOS at 48 parts per trillion, or ppt, for one month. Its approach is used to test seafood samples, as well as processed foods.

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Why Tyson Ventures is Investing in Sustainability and the Internet of Food

AFN Sustainable Protein

My last role was with the Newhouse Family in New York; they’re the family that owns Advance Publications including Conde Nast and all those great magazines. In alternative proteins, we look at fungal-based, algae-based, and of course seafood businesses. Uma Valeti is a well-known, well-published cardiologist.

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Why Tyson Ventures is Investing in Sustainability and the Internet of Food

AFN Sustainable Protein

My last role was with the Newhouse Family in New York; they’re the family that owns Advance Publications including Conde Nast and all those great magazines. In alternative proteins, we look at fungal-based, algae-based, and of course seafood businesses. Uma Valeti is a well-known, well-published cardiologist.

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

When it comes to those shaping the corporate climate movement — either from within companies or as part of NGOs and policy organizations that recognize the critical role businesses must play in addressing the climate emergency — I’m grateful to say it’s becoming easier to find women with a seat at the decision-making table.