Inaugural lecture Series 2024-25 – Professor Jeanette Rotchell

** The Lincoln Institute for Advanced Studies is delighted to invite you to Professor Jeanette Rotchell’s inaugural lecture ‘Have we all become ‘plastic people’? ’. **

Have we all become ‘plastic people’?
Microplastics are everywhere in the environment, in the human food chain, and have been recently detected in several types of human tissues. During this lecture Jeanette will explain what the smaller sized plastics are comprised of, how we analyse them, where we find them, whether they have infiltrated our own bodies, and what the implications of that might mean in terms of health impacts. It will provide an overview of results in the analysis of MP contamination in human tissue samples with respect to their presence (if any), levels, and characteristics of any particles identified will be presented. These will be discussed according to the three routes of exposure: inhalation, diet, and operation. The wider implications in terms of human health impacts will then be explored. Finally, the main plastic polymer types found, and their possible sources from everyday items, will be explored. This, along with behaviour change and product choice suggestions, will provide a spark of hope for anyone wishing to mitigate against the inevitable burden of plastics in their bodies.

Details of the lecture are as follows:
Date: Wednesday 26 February 2025
Time: 6pm (registration and refreshments from 5.30pm)
Location: MB0312, Co-op Lecture Theatre, Minerva Building.

Attendance is free and to book your ticket please register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inaugural-lecture-professor-jeanette-rotchell-tickets-1219298086399?aff=oddtdtcreator

For more information on Professor Jeanette Rotchell’s inaugural lecture, please email lias@lincoln.ac.uk.

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