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  1. 🇬🇧 Bluewashing: the UN says Global Agreements are saving the seas. Are they?

    When decades-old success stories are used to reassure us about an ocean crisis that's only getting worse.

    The UN celebrated Naples' cleaner beaches as proof that international diplomacy is "saving the seas." But a cleaner beach from the 1970s ≠ a healthier ocean today.

    🎬 Seaspiracy: do ocean institutions deliver change or just reassurance?

    🎬 Ocean: ecosystems can recover — but only when protection is enforced.

    What the UN glosses over:

    🐟 70%+ of Mediterranean fish stocks overfished

    ♻️ 2,000 garbage trucks of plastic dumped daily — treated as a footnote

    🧪 PFAS ("forever chemicals") — not mentioned at all

    💶 Environment Fund reminders — conflating regional success with global solution

    International agreements help. But managing symptoms ≠ solving the crisis.

    Never mistake a cleaned-up beach for a saved sea.

    🔗 tinyurl.com/mbz2mhah

    🇮🇹 Bluewashing: l'ONU dice che gli accordi globali stanno salvando i mari. È vero?

    Quando i successi di decenni fa vengono usati per rassicurarci su una crisi oceanica che peggiora.

    L'ONU ha celebrato le spiagge di Napoli più pulite come prova che la diplomazia sta "salvando i mari". Ma spiaggia più pulita ≠ oceano più sano.

    🎬 Seaspiracy: le istituzioni marine producono cambiamenti o solo rassicurazioni?

    🎬 Ocean: gli ecosistemi possono recuperare — ma solo con protezione reale.

    Cosa l'ONU trascura:

    🐟 70%+ degli stock ittici nel Mediterraneo sovrasfruttati

    ♻️ 2.000 camion di plastica al giorno — trattato come nota marginale

    🧪 PFAS ("forever chemicals") — non menzionati

    💶 Fondo per l'Ambiente — successo regionale confuso con soluzione globale

    Gli accordi internazionali aiutano. Ma gestire i sintomi ≠ risolvere la crisi.

    Mai scambiare una spiaggia pulita per un mare salvato.

    🔗 tinyurl.com/46x87x7b

    #Bluewashing #OceanCrisis #Sustainability #UN #Greenwashing #PlasticPollution #Overfishing #MarineConservation

  2. 🇬🇧 Bluewashing: the UN says Global Agreements are saving the seas. Are they?

    When decades-old success stories are used to reassure us about an ocean crisis that's only getting worse.

    The UN celebrated Naples' cleaner beaches as proof that international diplomacy is "saving the seas." But a cleaner beach from the 1970s ≠ a healthier ocean today.

    🎬 Seaspiracy: do ocean institutions deliver change or just reassurance?

    🎬 Ocean: ecosystems can recover — but only when protection is enforced.

    What the UN glosses over:

    🐟 70%+ of Mediterranean fish stocks overfished

    ♻️ 2,000 garbage trucks of plastic dumped daily — treated as a footnote

    🧪 PFAS ("forever chemicals") — not mentioned at all

    💶 Environment Fund reminders — conflating regional success with global solution

    International agreements help. But managing symptoms ≠ solving the crisis.

    Never mistake a cleaned-up beach for a saved sea.

    🔗 tinyurl.com/mbz2mhah

    🇮🇹 Bluewashing: l'ONU dice che gli accordi globali stanno salvando i mari. È vero?

    Quando i successi di decenni fa vengono usati per rassicurarci su una crisi oceanica che peggiora.

    L'ONU ha celebrato le spiagge di Napoli più pulite come prova che la diplomazia sta "salvando i mari". Ma spiaggia più pulita ≠ oceano più sano.

    🎬 Seaspiracy: le istituzioni marine producono cambiamenti o solo rassicurazioni?

    🎬 Ocean: gli ecosistemi possono recuperare — ma solo con protezione reale.

    Cosa l'ONU trascura:

    🐟 70%+ degli stock ittici nel Mediterraneo sovrasfruttati

    ♻️ 2.000 camion di plastica al giorno — trattato come nota marginale

    🧪 PFAS ("forever chemicals") — non menzionati

    💶 Fondo per l'Ambiente — successo regionale confuso con soluzione globale

    Gli accordi internazionali aiutano. Ma gestire i sintomi ≠ risolvere la crisi.

    Mai scambiare una spiaggia pulita per un mare salvato.

    🔗 tinyurl.com/46x87x7b

    #Bluewashing #OceanCrisis #Sustainability #UN #Greenwashing #PlasticPollution #Overfishing #MarineConservation

  3. 🇬🇧 Bluewashing: the UN says Global Agreements are saving the seas. Are they?

    When decades-old success stories are used to reassure us about an ocean crisis that's only getting worse.

    The UN celebrated Naples' cleaner beaches as proof that international diplomacy is "saving the seas." But a cleaner beach from the 1970s ≠ a healthier ocean today.

    🎬 Seaspiracy: do ocean institutions deliver change or just reassurance?

    🎬 Ocean: ecosystems can recover — but only when protection is enforced.

    What the UN glosses over:

    🐟 70%+ of Mediterranean fish stocks overfished

    ♻️ 2,000 garbage trucks of plastic dumped daily — treated as a footnote

    🧪 PFAS ("forever chemicals") — not mentioned at all

    💶 Environment Fund reminders — conflating regional success with global solution

    International agreements help. But managing symptoms ≠ solving the crisis.

    Never mistake a cleaned-up beach for a saved sea.

    🔗 tinyurl.com/mbz2mhah

    🇮🇹 Bluewashing: l'ONU dice che gli accordi globali stanno salvando i mari. È vero?

    Quando i successi di decenni fa vengono usati per rassicurarci su una crisi oceanica che peggiora.

    L'ONU ha celebrato le spiagge di Napoli più pulite come prova che la diplomazia sta "salvando i mari". Ma spiaggia più pulita ≠ oceano più sano.

    🎬 Seaspiracy: le istituzioni marine producono cambiamenti o solo rassicurazioni?

    🎬 Ocean: gli ecosistemi possono recuperare — ma solo con protezione reale.

    Cosa l'ONU trascura:

    🐟 70%+ degli stock ittici nel Mediterraneo sovrasfruttati

    ♻️ 2.000 camion di plastica al giorno — trattato come nota marginale

    🧪 PFAS ("forever chemicals") — non menzionati

    💶 Fondo per l'Ambiente — successo regionale confuso con soluzione globale

    Gli accordi internazionali aiutano. Ma gestire i sintomi ≠ risolvere la crisi.

    Mai scambiare una spiaggia pulita per un mare salvato.

    🔗 tinyurl.com/46x87x7b

    #Bluewashing #OceanCrisis #Sustainability #UN #Greenwashing #PlasticPollution #Overfishing #MarineConservation

  4. 🇬🇧 Bluewashing: the UN says Global Agreements are saving the seas. Are they?

    When decades-old success stories are used to reassure us about an ocean crisis that's only getting worse.

    The UN celebrated Naples' cleaner beaches as proof that international diplomacy is "saving the seas." But a cleaner beach from the 1970s ≠ a healthier ocean today.

    🎬 Seaspiracy: do ocean institutions deliver change or just reassurance?

    🎬 Ocean: ecosystems can recover — but only when protection is enforced.

    What the UN glosses over:

    🐟 70%+ of Mediterranean fish stocks overfished

    ♻️ 2,000 garbage trucks of plastic dumped daily — treated as a footnote

    🧪 PFAS ("forever chemicals") — not mentioned at all

    💶 Environment Fund reminders — conflating regional success with global solution

    International agreements help. But managing symptoms ≠ solving the crisis.

    Never mistake a cleaned-up beach for a saved sea.

    🔗 tinyurl.com/mbz2mhah

    🇮🇹 Bluewashing: l'ONU dice che gli accordi globali stanno salvando i mari. È vero?

    Quando i successi di decenni fa vengono usati per rassicurarci su una crisi oceanica che peggiora.

    L'ONU ha celebrato le spiagge di Napoli più pulite come prova che la diplomazia sta "salvando i mari". Ma spiaggia più pulita ≠ oceano più sano.

    🎬 Seaspiracy: le istituzioni marine producono cambiamenti o solo rassicurazioni?

    🎬 Ocean: gli ecosistemi possono recuperare — ma solo con protezione reale.

    Cosa l'ONU trascura:

    🐟 70%+ degli stock ittici nel Mediterraneo sovrasfruttati

    ♻️ 2.000 camion di plastica al giorno — trattato come nota marginale

    🧪 PFAS ("forever chemicals") — non menzionati

    💶 Fondo per l'Ambiente — successo regionale confuso con soluzione globale

    Gli accordi internazionali aiutano. Ma gestire i sintomi ≠ risolvere la crisi.

    Mai scambiare una spiaggia pulita per un mare salvato.

    🔗 tinyurl.com/46x87x7b

    #Bluewashing #OceanCrisis #Sustainability #UN #Greenwashing #PlasticPollution #Overfishing #MarineConservation

  5. 🇬🇧 Bluewashing: the UN says Global Agreements are saving the seas. Are they?

    When decades-old success stories are used to reassure us about an ocean crisis that's only getting worse.

    The UN celebrated Naples' cleaner beaches as proof that international diplomacy is "saving the seas." But a cleaner beach from the 1970s ≠ a healthier ocean today.

    🎬 Seaspiracy: do ocean institutions deliver change or just reassurance?

    🎬 Ocean: ecosystems can recover — but only when protection is enforced.

    What the UN glosses over:

    🐟 70%+ of Mediterranean fish stocks overfished

    ♻️ 2,000 garbage trucks of plastic dumped daily — treated as a footnote

    🧪 PFAS ("forever chemicals") — not mentioned at all

    💶 Environment Fund reminders — conflating regional success with global solution

    International agreements help. But managing symptoms ≠ solving the crisis.

    Never mistake a cleaned-up beach for a saved sea.

    🔗 tinyurl.com/mbz2mhah

    🇮🇹 Bluewashing: l'ONU dice che gli accordi globali stanno salvando i mari. È vero?

    Quando i successi di decenni fa vengono usati per rassicurarci su una crisi oceanica che peggiora.

    L'ONU ha celebrato le spiagge di Napoli più pulite come prova che la diplomazia sta "salvando i mari". Ma spiaggia più pulita ≠ oceano più sano.

    🎬 Seaspiracy: le istituzioni marine producono cambiamenti o solo rassicurazioni?

    🎬 Ocean: gli ecosistemi possono recuperare — ma solo con protezione reale.

    Cosa l'ONU trascura:

    🐟 70%+ degli stock ittici nel Mediterraneo sovrasfruttati

    ♻️ 2.000 camion di plastica al giorno — trattato come nota marginale

    🧪 PFAS ("forever chemicals") — non menzionati

    💶 Fondo per l'Ambiente — successo regionale confuso con soluzione globale

    Gli accordi internazionali aiutano. Ma gestire i sintomi ≠ risolvere la crisi.

    Mai scambiare una spiaggia pulita per un mare salvato.

    🔗 tinyurl.com/46x87x7b

    #Bluewashing #OceanCrisis #Sustainability #UN #Greenwashing #PlasticPollution #Overfishing #MarineConservation

  6. Reading in journal club

    Yang et al. @ Nature Nanotechnology
    Diverse origins and chemical complexity of nanoplastics

    nature.com/articles/s41565-026

    #plasticpollution #nanoplastics

  7. Reading in journal club

    Yang et al. @ Nature Nanotechnology
    Diverse origins and chemical complexity of nanoplastics

    nature.com/articles/s41565-026

    #plasticpollution #nanoplastics

  8. Reading in journal club

    Yang et al. @ Nature Nanotechnology
    Diverse origins and chemical complexity of nanoplastics

    nature.com/articles/s41565-026

    #plasticpollution #nanoplastics

  9. Reading in journal club

    Yang et al. @ Nature Nanotechnology
    Diverse origins and chemical complexity of nanoplastics

    nature.com/articles/s41565-026

    #plasticpollution #nanoplastics

  10. Reading in journal club

    Yang et al. @ Nature Nanotechnology
    Diverse origins and chemical complexity of nanoplastics

    nature.com/articles/s41565-026

    #plasticpollution #nanoplastics

  11. DATE: July 13, 2026 at 02:15AM
    SOURCE: SOCIALPSYCHOLOGY.ORG

    TITLE: Gray Whales Facing "Catastrophic" Depletion From Climate Crisis

    URL: socialpsychology.org/client/re

    Source: The Guardian - Climate Crisis

    Climate change is driving a gray whale "catastrophic mortality event" in the Pacific Ocean as melting sea ice depletes food sources and the whales starve, environmental groups warn. Meanwhile, ship strikes, oil spills, and microplastic pollution are also likely contributing to a die-off that has nearly halved the whales' estimated population. The population has fallen from 20,000 in 2019 to fewer than 13,000 in 2026, and the deaths appear to be...

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  12. DATE: July 13, 2026 at 02:15AM
    SOURCE: SOCIALPSYCHOLOGY.ORG

    TITLE: Gray Whales Facing "Catastrophic" Depletion From Climate Crisis

    URL: socialpsychology.org/client/re

    Source: The Guardian - Climate Crisis

    Climate change is driving a gray whale "catastrophic mortality event" in the Pacific Ocean as melting sea ice depletes food sources and the whales starve, environmental groups warn. Meanwhile, ship strikes, oil spills, and microplastic pollution are also likely contributing to a die-off that has nearly halved the whales' estimated population. The population has fallen from 20,000 in 2019 to fewer than 13,000 in 2026, and the deaths appear to be...

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  13. DATE: July 13, 2026 at 02:15AM
    SOURCE: SOCIALPSYCHOLOGY.ORG

    TITLE: Gray Whales Facing "Catastrophic" Depletion From Climate Crisis

    URL: socialpsychology.org/client/re

    Source: The Guardian - Climate Crisis

    Climate change is driving a gray whale "catastrophic mortality event" in the Pacific Ocean as melting sea ice depletes food sources and the whales starve, environmental groups warn. Meanwhile, ship strikes, oil spills, and microplastic pollution are also likely contributing to a die-off that has nearly halved the whales' estimated population. The population has fallen from 20,000 in 2019 to fewer than 13,000 in 2026, and the deaths appear to be...

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    #psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #GrayWhales #ClimateCrisis #MarineLife #WhaleDecline #PollutionImpact #PlasticPollution #ShipStrikes #OilSpills #ClimateChangeImpact #PacificOcean

  14. Plastic pollution and drug-resistant infections are two of the biggest crises facing humanity, but they are usually considered separately by scientists and policymakers. New research is finding deeply concerning links between them.

    My latest article for Mongabay.com explores how microplastic pollution is enhancing antimicrobial resistance.

    news.mongabay.com/2026/07/micr #plasticpollution #antimicrobialstewardship #drugresistance

  15. Plastic pollution and drug-resistant infections are two of the biggest crises facing humanity, but they are usually considered separately by scientists and policymakers. New research is finding deeply concerning links between them.

    My latest article for Mongabay.com explores how microplastic pollution is enhancing antimicrobial resistance.

    news.mongabay.com/2026/07/micr #plasticpollution #antimicrobialstewardship #drugresistance

  16. Plastic pollution and drug-resistant infections are two of the biggest crises facing humanity, but they are usually considered separately by scientists and policymakers. New research is finding deeply concerning links between them.

    My latest article for Mongabay.com explores how microplastic pollution is enhancing antimicrobial resistance.

    news.mongabay.com/2026/07/micr #plasticpollution #antimicrobialstewardship #drugresistance

  17. Plastic pollution and drug-resistant infections are two of the biggest crises facing humanity, but they are usually considered separately by scientists and policymakers. New research is finding deeply concerning links between them.

    My latest article for Mongabay.com explores how microplastic pollution is enhancing antimicrobial resistance.

    news.mongabay.com/2026/07/micr #plasticpollution #antimicrobialstewardship #drugresistance

  18. Plastic pollution and drug-resistant infections are two of the biggest crises facing humanity, but they are usually considered separately by scientists and policymakers. New research is finding deeply concerning links between them.

    My latest article for Mongabay.com explores how microplastic pollution is enhancing antimicrobial resistance.

    news.mongabay.com/2026/07/micr #plasticpollution #antimicrobialstewardship #drugresistance

  19. Plastic packaging continues to rise across Europe despite stable overall packaging levels

    image: ©Group4 Studio | iStock Plastic is the only packaging material to show sustained growth across Europe, according…
    #Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission #MaterialScience #PlasticPollution
    europesays.com/europe/89136/

  20. EU sets new rules for recycled content in plastic bottles

    image: ©Imgorthand | iStock The European Commission has introduced new rules that will improve how recycled content is…
    #Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanUnion #PlasticPollution #Sustainabledevelopment
    europesays.com/europe/84813/

  21. EU and China to confront plastic packaging pollution as cooperation gains urgency

    The EU and China reaffirmed their commitment to step up joint action against plastic and chemical pollution, including…
    #Europe #EU #China #ClimateCooperation #COP17 #EuropeanUnion #PlasticPollution
    europesays.com/europe/78948/