QAEHS at 2023 World Science Festival

4 Apr 2023

world science festival at the Brisbane MuseumQueensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences (QAEHS) microplastics staff and students were invited back to participate for the third time in the 2023 World Science Festival held at the Queensland Museum.

The microplastics team aim to better understand how plastics are released into the Australian natural and built environment, and how they impact the environment and human health. Using state-of-the-art techniques, their research focuses on identifying how plastic leaks into the environment and have published on the presence of plastics in seafood, biosolids released to agricultural land, and emissions from residential clothes dryers. Their work investigates both historic and contemporary emissions, seeking to establish the key sources of plastics into the environment to help inform policies aimed at minimising future releases.

QAEHS staff member Julia Lin reported that “this year, the crowd was bigger than ever. We talked for three hours straight and found that the majority of people are doing something to minimise their plastic usage."

QAEHS PhD student and organiser Stacey O’Brien said, “It is always so wonderful to participate in The Hatchery program at World Science Festival. I really enjoy engaging with Queensland school students and the public to provide the latest and meaningful information about environmental plastics." 

QAEHS staff at the world science festival
QAEHS staff, Dr Elvis Okoffo and Christina Carswell, at the 2023 World Science Festival.

 

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