In the media
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Nanoplastics found throughout the human body – how worried should we be? 21 June 2024
The world is becoming clogged with plastic, with tiny plastic particles found everywhere, from the oceans’ depths to the mountain tops, soil, plants, ...
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Fewer flowering plants in Dutch nature: national and international media coverage 07 May 2024
In Dutch nature, plant species that depend on pollination by insects are disappearing. Environmental scientist Kaixuan Pan shows this after analysing ...
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Adapting to climate change: how leftover seeds can help birds breed 19 April 2024
When migrating from China to Siberia, a few intermediary food stops are not a luxury. For migratory birds, they are even crucial for their survival. H...
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What's better for the environment, cotton or polyester clothing? 08 April 2024
What clothing is best to buy if you want to consider the environment? That question isn't so easy to answer. You have to consider the entire life cycl...
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Microplastics in artery plaque linked with higher risk of heart attack, stroke and death 22 March 2024
You can't see them with the naked eye, but they are highly likely to pose a threat to our health: microplastics. These tiny plastic particles are pres...
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Ditching meat could release vital land to produce energy and remove carbon from the atmosphere 29 February 2024
A radical reduction in the amount of meat, dairy and other products sourced from animals is possible in the coming decades, as people turn to an incre...
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Nanotechnology promises to help farmers cut pesticide use – but could also make chemicals more toxic 29 February 2024
Nanotechnology has pervaded numerous industrial sectors over the past decades. Although many of us may not be aware of it, nanomaterials are now embed...
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Urban green infrastructure: making future cities more sustainable 07 August 2023
Urban green infrastructure has the ability to make make cities more sustainable. However, the exact implementation of green infrastructure and the cho...
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The urban mine is full of resources, but a circular economy is still too ambitious 31 January 2023
Reuse everything and stop producing waste. By 2050, the Netherlands should have a circular economy. However, the new Integral Circular Economy Report ...
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The effect of nanoparticles on our planet 17 November 2022
‘Solar panels, toothpaste and sport socks. What do these things have in common?’ Martina Vijver, professor of ecotoxicology begins her TEDx-talk. Watc...
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‘Food is the elephant in the room for human water use’ 11 May 2021
From treatment plants to hot showers, emissions from water use in the U.S. are equal to 50 million cars driving around for a year. In The Washington P...
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How to set ambitious goals for sustainable agriculture 25 January 2021
Food production in the Netherlands is an economic success but has led to many environmental issues, including nitrogen pollution. Recently, the policy...
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A compound that gives life as easily as it takes: Jan Willem Erisman on BBC about ammonium nitrate 11 September 2020
Following the Beirut explosion, BBC's podcast series The Foodchain explores the chemical that caused the blast: ammonium nitrate. A compound that is w...
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Importing goods from sustainable countries could lower EU’s environmental footprint 28 November 2019
A recent study in Ecological Economics, led by Leiden environmental scientist Bertram de Boer, states that the European Union could lower its environm...
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Rene Kleijn on BNR radio about critical materials 21 June 2019
The recent trade dispute between the U.S. and China has renewed the attention for the dependency of the U.S. and many other developed countries on the...