It's here 🥳! To celebrate, we are giving away two copies to two randomly selected winners. To enter, retweet this and follow me by end of Sunday. Find more details on the book (and get 20% off!) here: routledge.com/9781032633510 ✨#rstats #rspatial Giveaway not associated with X.

AMAZING NEWS! France has voted to ban toxic PFAS forever in products from cosmetics to clothes, cars to cookware - superb! Vive la revolution!!! Congratulations to all who worked so hard for this to happen! buff.ly/4bb9Vfb

ChatGPT: The Ricardo Air Quality study provides overwhelming evidence that domestic solid fuel burning remains a major contributor to PM₂.₅ pollution, and there is no truly “clean” way to burn wood or coal in residential settings. uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/report… Given the absence of a safe

Anyone else looking forward to work on Monday???

I heard someone talking on Today about leaving dog hair out for birds to use in their nests *If pets have been treated with certain flea treatments, this could kill the chicks* Now seems a good time to repost this article 👇 Please repost #neonics theguardian.com/environment/20…

Seven pounds of pesticides are applied on golf courses per acre/year compared to 1.5 pounds on farmland. Golf may be the most environmentally destructive modern sport. When it comes to the environment, golf courses are not always up to par greenzine.org/post/golf-cour…

A beaver dam in British Columbia showing its ability to hold back sediment pollution during heavy rainfall.

Today we have been testing out an Auto Sampler adaption for our ARC Boat developed by HR Wallingford. The sampler allows water quality samples to be taken remotely in lakes and rivers without the need to send out staff on a manned boat with bottles.

Climate change affects the hydrological cycle and increases the frequency and intensity of storms, resulting in deaths, injuries, loss of livelihoods and displacements. Building climate resilience is crucial for protecting humanity from such disasters. unep.org/topics/fresh-w…

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What’s in the millions of tonnes of sewage sludge spread on to UK farmland? Toxic waste. George Monbiot cites Tess Colley's investigation which found forever chemicals in sludge at levels up to 135 times higher than those considered safe. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Leadership QOTD:

Powerful discussion here on #PFAS #ForeverChemicals Time for a systemic ban bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

28/3/25. GB. HSE falls short of UK REACH target. It has completed only 10% of the regulatory management option analysis target initially set during its 2022-23 annual REACH work programme. Chemwatch weekly newsletter

Had a mentor tell me once: "When you're feeling overwhelmed, there are only two things you should do––get organized and get to work. The rest is just noise. Peace is found in progress."

Since leaving the EU chemical regulation framework, the UK has not restricted one single chemical substance. In the same time, the EU has restricted or banned 10 harmful substances. Meanwhile the UK is having a good long think about banning lead shot. sustainableviews.com/more-than-four…

Excellent piece by ⁦Prof. Devi Sridhar⁩ highlighting dangers of feeding powerful antibiotics to farm animals on the careless basis that prevails in many countries. Could antibiotics stop working? Yes – but the biggest danger isn’t prescription-happy GPs theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

1/9 #AirPollution costs the UK £42–60 billion a year — but we’re still underestimating the harm. Here’s why the true cost is much higher than official figures suggest, and why even “clean” air isn’t safe. 🧵 #Health #StopBurningStuff #Dementia

21/4/25. Banned DDT discovered in Canadian trout 70 years after use, research finds. Potential danger to humans and wildlife from harmful pesticide discovered in fish at 10 times safety limit theguardian.com/environment/20…

The little "chit chats" we have at the start of a meeting or Teams call (where we talk about our weekends, the weather, our pets or the traffic) are really important. Research shows that they actually work as a neural 'warm-up' for a deeper connection. So the next time we get