MINAGRIS celebrates World Soil Day!
The MINAGRIS consortium are celebrating World Soil Day 2023 by reflecting on all the work we've done so far to build a better understanding of the impacts of micro- and nano-plastics on agricultural soil health.
Why not check out our ever-growing list of peer-reviewed publications? And next time you're out for a walk, consider contributing to our research by using our SoilPlastic App to record sightings of plastic debris in agricultural soil (available on Apple and Android devices)?
MINAGRIS and PAPILLONS joint stakeholder forum: towards a one-health approach for the risk assessment of micro- and nano-plastics
This joint stakeholder forum was held at the end of the AGRIFOODPLAST Conference and was open to conference and external participants. The workshop is part of a series of high level stakeholder forum organised jointly by the MINAGRIS and PAPILLONS projects to share findings and solicit feedback from international and EU level stakeholders. On this occasion COST Action PRIORITY also joined the organising team. The workshop chairs were Julie Ingram: MINAGRIS Horizon project; Luca Nizzetto: PAPILLONS Horizon project; Stefania Federici: PRIORITY (Plastics Monitoring Detection Remediation Recovery) COST action.
Aims and scope
This workshop brought together experts, researchers, policy makers, industry, international agency and NGO representatives to explore the environmental and health risks associated with micro and nanoplastic in agri-food chains and how they can be assessed, measured and mitigated. This is in the context of the need to address research gaps with respect to risk assessment methodologies, and to remove uncertainties to enable policy development. With over forty participants in person and online respectively attended.
