22: What we know about Plastic with Dr. Martin Wagner
Microplastics are everywhere, from the shirt that you use, the food that you eat, and even in the air that you breathe in.
In this episode, We interview Dr. Martin Wagner from the UNWRAPPED Conference as he debunks claims on microplastics and educates us about the research around Microplastics and Nano plastics.
Dr. Martin Wagner is a professor of biology at Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He talks about how plastic pollution is everywhere and how we need to start acting on it. He also mentions how there are so many Toxic chemicals in plastic and how we should come up with a more systemic change towards our plastics problem.
In this Episode, We Discuss:
Microplastics, Nano plastics, and Microfibers
Research about Plastics
Toxic Chemicals in Plastics
Get to know Dr. Martin Wagner:
Dr. Martin Wagner is a biologist interested in studying what plastics and other synthetic agents. To achieve this, he is working at the interface of mechanistic toxicology, exposure science, non-target chemical analysis, and environmental health.
To know more about Dr. Martin Wagner and his work, you can follow him on Twitter.
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