On October 5, Katrin Schuhen is live at the event R(H)EINE LIEBE: WIE BEKÄMPFEN WIR (MIKRO)PLASTIK IN DER EU? She will provide insights into our work and, as a PhD polymer chemist and microplastics expert, will be available for questions and discussion. We are particularly excited about the political aspects in this exchange, we have only recently dealt intensively with laws and regulations on microplastics. We summarized our findings in an article published last week. More...

Recently, we had the opportunity to take a closer look at the microplastic load of sea salt produced on Java and the methods used for this. So this blog post is about how microplastics end up on our plates with sea salt, including solutions to avoid this.

We have once again looked at the definitions and terms surrounding microplastics and our work with them and feel it is time for a few additions.