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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/
Prof. Domingo has been recently interviewed by SINC La Ciencia es Noticia (Science is news) and La Vanguardia. The reason of such interview was the last TecnATox research focused on the occurrence of toxic chemical compounds in clothes and related human health risks.
The textile industry uses toxic compounds affecting the environment, but also the health of such industry workers. Recent studies indicate that depending on the use and kind of clothes, consumers might suffer more than just a cutaneous allergy. These risks are not properly considered by the regulations of textile products. You can read the full press releases in the following links:
The Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities has just communicated the provisional resolution of the I+D+i "Retos de investigación" ("Research challenges") of the State program of I+D+i adressed to the society challenges corresponding to the call of 2018.
After 8 months of evaluation process, the proposal entitled "Sources, exposure and human health risks of classic and emerging flame retardants in indoor environments of Spain. Integrated approach of human health risk." presented by Prof. Marta Schuhmacher (IP) has been proposed to be funded.
EuroMix project is arriving to the end. Dr. Vikas Kumar, Dr. Margarita Torrente, Neus González and Elga Schreiber will attend to the final consortium meeting. It will be held in Egmond aan Zee from April 9th to 11th 2019.
EuroMix (euromixproject.eu) has been a joint effort of 22 European partners and 4 non-EU affiliated partners aimed at delivering a mixture test strategy and test instruments using novel techniques as recently proposed by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission. TecnATox has been actively involved in the project, participating in animal experimentation studies, PBPK modeling, exposure assessment and risk evaluation.
