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European Researchers’ Nights are public events dedicated to bringing researchers closer to the public. They showcase the diversity of research and highlight the impact of research on our daily lives. The aim is also to motivate young people to embark on research careers. The events promote how researchers contribute to our society by displaying their work in an interactive and engaging forum, and will be simoultaneously performed in 300 cities of 30 countries on September 26-29th 2019.
Dr. Jaume Folch, Dr. Jordi Sierra, Dr. Roberta Carafa and Nora Expósito took advantage of this event to bring to the general population their exiting research on microplastics.
Prof. José L. Domingo, founder and emeritus director of TecnATox, will give a talk about the health effects of environmental pollution in Tarragona.
The event will take place on October 2nd at 7PM in Sala d'actes of IMET (Tarragona).
Dr. Margarita Torrente, co-director of Neuropsicology and Emotions area and Neuropsycologyst of "Reus and Baix Camp Alzheimer association", will be leading a round table about stress and emotions of caregivers. The discussion will count with the participation of two relatives of Alzheimer's patients too. It will take place on September 17, at 18PM in "Sala Emili Argilaga, Centre de Lectura" located in Reus (Tarragona).
The Finnish Society of Toxicology (FST) is excited about organizing the congress EUROTOX 2019 in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. The congress will take place from September 8th to 11th. The venue is Finlandia Hall, a building full of European history and at the same time a modern and a highly sophisticated venue even for the most demanding conference delegate.
Prof. Domingo (founder and emeritus director of TecnATox) and Deepika (PhD student) will attend to this conference presenting the following presentations:
P04-039 – Food levels of 9 bisphenol analogues in Catalonia (Spain): Comparing canned vs non-canned foodstuffs (#668)J. L. Domingo, N. González, S. Cunha, C. Monteiro, J. O. Fernandes, M. Marquès, M. Nadal
Session: PV01 - Poster Viewing 1
Date: Monday, 9 September, 2019, 9:00 a.m.
Room: Veranda Lounge, Piazza (VL)
P12-016 – Integration of PBPK with ROS SB model for PFOS induced Neurotoxicity (#497)
D. Deepika, R. P. Sharma, M. Schuhmacher, V. Kumar
Session: PV02 - Poster Viewing 2
Date: Tuesday, 10 September, 2019, 9:00 a.m.
Room: Veranda Lounge, Piazza (VL)
The TecnATox research area "Ecotoxicology" is leading an important research about the identification of microplastics in the Catalan coast of Tarragona. By now, more than the half part of indentified plastics are clothing fibers. This impacting finding appeared in more than 50 press releases:
https://www.residuosprofesional.com/plasticos-mar-fibras-ropa-lavadora/
https://cadenaser.com/emisora/2019/06/05/radio_reus/1559734545_670498.html
https://tarragonadigital.com/area-metropolitana/estudi-urv-plastic-platges-fibra-rentadora
https://tarragonadigital.com/area-metropolitana/estudi-urv-plastic-platges-fibra-rentadora
https://www.catalunyavanguardista.com/de-la-lavadora-a-la-contaminacion-marina/
https://www.meneame.net/story/57-residuos-plasticos-litoral-tarragona-son-fibras-ropa-lavadora
http://biqfr.blogspot.com/2019/06/mas-de-la-mitad-de-los-plasticos-en-el.html
https://www.elmercuriodigital.net/2019/06/mas-de-la-mitad-de-los-plasticos-en-el.html
https://www.meneame.net/story/mas-mitad-plasticos-mar-son-fibras-ropa-lavadora
https://www.ambientum.com/ambientum/residuos/de-donde-vienen-plasticos-del-mar.asp
https://www.ticbeat.com/salud/estudio-plastico-tarragona/
http://www.tysmagazine.com/mas-de-la-mitad-de-los-plasticos-del-litoral-preceden-de-nuestra-ropa/
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-06/uriv-a5o061019.php
https://www.manufacturing.net/news/2019/06/57-percent-plastic-waste-tarragona-coast-clothing-fibers
https://muhammadiqbaldar.wordpress.com/2019/06/12/your-synthetic-clothes-may-be-polluting-the-ocean/
