Cada vez hay más resultados de investigaciones disponibles que muestran que la contaminación plástica tiene un impacto importante en la salud. Aproximadamente 95 aditivos en los plásticos son venenosos, sin embargo, aún se sabe poco sobre los peligros. Ahora sabemos que los aditivos impactan nuestro sistema hormonal («Interrupción endocrina»), impactan al feto y reducen la…
Worldwide, The bottled water industry has grown 73% in the past ten years. Every minute, over 1 mn bottles are sold globally. This growth poses a threat to groundwater resources, contributes to the plastic-bottle pollution and carbon emissions, and weakens the role of the state to provide universal access to drinking water, see this report…
Last week plastic pollution was discussed at the Africa Children Conference and it will be on the Outcome Statement that will be shared. The Africa Children’s Summit is a continental forum that seeks to give children a platform for participation.
Plastic pollution in the ocean might be enabling the creation of new floating ecosystems of species that are not normally able to survive in the open ocean. Read more in this news item from CNN. In a new study a team of researchers revealed that dozens of species of coastal invertebrate organisms have been able to…
Geofrey Arinaitwe is president of Rotaract Club Muteesa 1 Royal University Kirumba, Uganda In 2022 he started many cleanup and awareness actions and education and he started cooperations with other Rotaract clubs in Uganda and abroad. Currently he runs the Youth for nature and empowerment initiative (CONYEI) with an objective to clean Lake Victoria. You…
En noviembre de 2022, nuestro instituto de investigación de la alianza TNO en los Países Bajos publicó un nuevo informe sobre microplásticos. Microplásticos: más vale prevenir que curar Recientemente se ha sabido que los microplásticos pueden penetrar profundamente en el cuerpo humano (ver el informe de la Organización Mundial de la Salud). Los riesgos para la salud…
Rotary International President Jennifer Jones visited Marbella on the 19th of March. During the President lunch Willem Falter, chair of Marbella-Guadalmina, the Ambassador Club of EndPlasticSoup in District 2203, presented a plaque at the occasion of the collaboration of Rotary EndPlasticSoup in Spain with Nacho Dean and his expedition:”La Espana Azul”.
During the Ambassador Club meeting on 17th March, Fionn Ferreira has been recognized as Young Ambassador for EndPlasticSoup.
