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A global evidence platform accelerating actions towards equitable and just food systems for nutrition and health 🌱 Fostering a growing network of over 13,000 members across 160 countries 🌍 Housed within LSHTM 🌐 www.anh-academy.org

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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
🚨 Working on diets, nutrition or food systems in South Asia? This is your reminder to submit. Less than one week left for #D4N2026 abstracts. Theme: Navigating Systems in Transition Deadline: 25 Aug Colombo, Sri Lanka & online Submit: www.anh-academy.org/community/ev... #Nutrition #SouthAsia
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
🎊 Save the date: #ANH2027 is coming in October 2027! The journey begins with voices from our ANH Academy community — sharing what makes ANH Academy a vibrant, diverse, global community that creates space for connection, learning and meaningful exchange. #ANHAcademy #FoodSystems
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
During #LCAW2026, #ANHAcademy researchers and colleagues joined conversations on water insecurity, planetary health, food systems and climate action. A clear reminder that climate, nutrition, health and equity must be addressed together. #ANHAcademy #ClimateHealth
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The future of food systems is not just better systems, but better collaboration. Today’s #ANH2026 closing plenary showed why ANH-ARC matters: connecting evidence, policy and action for healthier, fairer food systems in Africa. #ANHARC #FoodSystems
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
🚀 Day 3 of #ANH2026 Learning Labs! Last 4 interactive sessions on monitoring children's exposure to food marketing & building equitable partnerships to women-led market systems & translating food systems roadmaps into local action. 🌍 🙌 Next up, closing panel with ANH-ARC on 25 June: bit.ly/4vEod1t
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
🚀 Day 2 of #ANH2026 From translating nutrition research into policy and FAO's CoHD indicators to making sense of nutrition-sensitive agriculture data & consensus-building with the Delphi method, today was packed with tools, methods & insights! 🌍 🙌 Explore more & join us this week: bit.ly/3Sf32o3
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
🚀 Day 1 of #ANH2026 kicked off with 4 dynamic Learning Labs! 🌍 From food safety in informal markets and the food value chain's "hidden middle" to GDQS meal metrics and innovation ecosystems, today was packed with tools, methods & insights. 🙌 Explore more & join us this week: bit.ly/3Sf32o3
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
📚 New blogs from ANH Academy community: 📱Low-cost mobile phones for dietary monitoring 🌾Forecasting diet affordability for anticipatory action in Malawi 🌀Cyclone Ditwah's lasting impact on Sri Lanka's food system ✍🏽 Have something to share? Contribute a blog! 🔗 www.anh-academy.org/community/bl...
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Global Child Nutrition Foundation @gcnf.org · 20/06/2026
From cow to classroom, what can we learn about strengthening #SchoolMeals through food value chain research? Join GCNF's Ayala Wineman and Shivani Gharge for during #ANH2026 to learn more! ➡️ www.anh-academy.org/academy-week... @anhacademy.bsky.social
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
⏳ Last chance to register for #ANH2026 Learning Labs! 12 sessions, 22–24 June, fully online & free 🌍 🏫 Plenary: evidence into policy 🔬 Deep Dive: tools & methods 🤝 Soft skills: career & comms Plus a panel with ANH-ARC on 25 June 🌱 🔗 www.anh-academy.org/form/anh2026...
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
🐝 What happens to our health when pollinators disappear? New research in @natfood.nature.com finds that insect pollinators account for 44% of farming income, over 20% of vitamin A, folate & vitamin E intake in Nepal🇳🇵 Protecting them could improve nutrition, incomes & resilience bit.ly/4uDqatB 🌱
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
🌦️What does a monster El Niño mean for food supply? Join Erin Coughlan @tufts.edu tomorrow for an overview of how El Niño works & what the 2026–2027 forecasts could mean for food systems globally. 🌾 📅 17 June │ ⏰ 13:00 UTC 📍 Zoom tufts.zoom.us/j/9749701081... #ElNino #FoodSystems #ClimateChange
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
🥬 New in @natfood.nature.com which pathways of a homestead food production programme improve women's diets? Home gardening drives 78% of the effect. Poultry just 4%, despite being one of the costliest components in Bangladesh. 🇧🇩 @pik-potsdam.bsky.social Read more 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
🌟 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 #ANH2026 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐬! 12 interactive sessions on food systems, nutrition, health, 22–24 June, fully online & free🌍 🏫 Plenary: evidence into policy 🔬 Deep Dive: tools & methods 🤝 Soft skills: career & comms Plus a panel with ANH-ARC on 25 June 🌱 🔗 www.anh-academy.org/form/anh2026...
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
🌍 How is the war in Iran affecting fertiliser prices, farmers and food access? Join Joe Glauber @ifpri.org now for a Research Roundtable with the Food Access & Demand for Healthy Diets Community.💬 📅 10 June │ ⏰ 12:00 BST 📍 Zoom: tufts.zoom.us/j/9103522482... #FoodSecurity #FoodSystems
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
📢ANH-ARC is hiring for two roles at Uni of Ghana: Programme Manager, & Administrative & Operations Assistant bit.ly/4vs0CR9 Join an African-led platform transforming food systems & nutrition policy across the continent 🌍 ⏰Deadline: 30 June 2026 📧Send your CV & cover letter to anh-arc@ug.edu.gh
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Are you working on food systems, nutrition or health? Register now for #ANH2026 🎉 Join us online 22–24 June for 12 interactive sessions across three formats. Plus a special panel with ANH-ARC on 25 June. 🌍 Free to attend, open to all. 🔗 www.anh-academy.org/form/anh2026...
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
New in @bmj.com Global Health 🧠🌱 A farming intervention in Bangladesh designed to improve only women's nutrition, accidentally reduced depression by 23% in women! 🇧🇩 Food security was one key pathway. 🔗 Read more gh.bmj.com/content/11/5...
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nolajenkins.bsky.social @nolajenkins.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I co-wrote a blog with Usha Perera on the impacts of Cyclone Ditwah on Sri Lanka's food system for the Food Access Research Community at @anhacademy.bsky.social. You can read the full blog here: www.anh-academy.org/community/bl... and let us know what you think!
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Cyclone Ditwah caused long-term damage to Sri Lanka's food system
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Explore solar-powered food loss interventions in rural Odisha, India 🇮🇳☀️🥬 Join Ankita Mondal & Gregory Cooper tomorrow to hear about SPIRE-FS, an ANH-funded project co-designing postharvest interventions for nutrient-dense food supply chains. 📅 20 May | ⏰ 11 UTC 📍 Live on Zoom bit.ly/4dwhyhZ
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
🎉 The #ANH2026 programme is live & registration is open! Join us online 22–24 June for 12 interactive sessions across three formats. Plus a special panel with ANH-ARC on 25 June. 🌍 Free to attend, open to all. 🔗 www.anh-academy.org/form/anh2026...
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
📢 Rome Nutrition Week 2026 is almost here! #RNW26 Taking place 25–28 May in Rome and online, Day 1 opens with a session on the Cost of a Healthy Diet, a metric with IMMANA roots now used by FAO, WFP and the World Bank globally. 🥗 Free to register 🔗 www.unnutrition.org/rome-nutriti...
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
🎉 Introducing the ANH Academy Africa Regional Collaborative (ANH-ARC)! An African-led science–policy platform launched in Accra, Ghana, to strengthen evidence, policy and investment in food systems and nutrition across the continent. 🌍🌱 🔗 www.anh-academy.org/ARC
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
📢 @fao.org is building a roster of agrifood systems monitoring and learning specialists. Opp is home-based, up to 11 months. ANH Academy encourages members with research and policy experience from Africa, South Asia and beyond to apply. 🌍 ⏰ Deadline: 13 May 2026 🔗 jobs.fao.org/careersectio...
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
📣 Researching climate change, food systems, nutrition and health in LMICs? ANH Academy and @lshtm.bsky.social invite researchers and funders to share experiences on barriers, enablers and opportunities in integrated research. 🌍🌱 Register your interest by 1 July 2026 👉 bit.ly/4t50PIr
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
🎉 Ten years of impact! A new report from ANH Academy and IMMANA reflects on a decade of changing the global landscape on research, practice and policy, from water insecurity to women's empowerment to food prices. 🌍🌱 Read the report 👉 www.anh-academy.org/community/ne...
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
🗓️ Save the date: ANH2026 Learning Labs! Join interactive workshops from 22–24 June to build skills & share innovative approaches across food systems, nutrition & health. 🌍 New formats include plenary, deep dive & soft skills. Programme and registration coming soon 👀 🖱️ bit.ly/3QiLEha
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Explore child nutrition & resilience in pastoralist contexts 🌍🐄 For #IYRP2026, this roundtable explores how livelihoods shape food security in Northern Kenya 🇰🇪. 🎤 Hear Helen Young @tuftsnutrition.bsky.social on why some communities remain resilient under climate stress on Wed, 1 pm bit.ly/4vFhKUt
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐍𝐇 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬! ⏰ Funding impact & cost-effectiveness evaluations to support equitable consumption of safe, affordable, nutritious foods 🍏🌱🌍 👉 Watch the information session recording with Q&A here youtu.be/NJBaAYZ9QZk?...
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
📢 Join the ANH Academy Competitive Research Grants Information Session! Learn about funding impact & cost-effectiveness evaluations to support equitable consumption of safe, affordable, nutritious foods 🍏🌱🌍 🗓 Fri, 17 April | ⏰ 12:00 BST Register: bit.ly/4sNnb1C
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Explore soybean markets as a development engine with the FSLW Research Community! 🌱📈 Join to discuss soybean economics, market systems, supply chains & how network theory data platforms can strengthen agricultural market systems.🫘 📅 Wed, 8 April | ⏰ 14:00 UTC 📍 bit.ly/4v6GUeo
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
One Health Summit for World Health Day 🌍 ANH Academy will join the One Health Summit in France, where Megan Deeney will speak on pollution, plastics and food systems, and how these affect human, animal and environmental health.💡 🗓 6 April 2026 | ⏰ 14:00–15:30 CET 🖇️ bit.ly/4vaNGzW
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
📣 Applications open for Round 2 of the ANH Academy Competitive Research Grants! Funding impact & cost-effectiveness evaluations to support equitable consumption of safe, affordable, nutritious foods 🍏🌱🌍 Apply by 1 May 2026 → www.anh-academy.org/workstreams/...
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Ahead of #ZeroWasteDay, explore social dynamics contributing to food loss in arable crops in Nigeria. ♻️🌾🇳🇬 Join us today to learn from @ife-abulude.bsky.social on farmers’ perspectives, challenges & solutions. 💬 📅 25 March 2026 | ⏰ 12:00 UTC 📍Live on Zoom bit.ly/40SucSK
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Out now! 📣 What do deficiencies cause? What can leaders do to help?   Read Nutrients Essential to Child Growth & Development. Preface by our CEO, Jonny Oates. @lshtm.bsky.social, & @rothamsted.bsky.social  uamh.uk/resources/nutrients-essenti…
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Which nutrients do all children need?  Created with the @anhacademy.bsky.social, @lshtm.bsky.social, & @rothamsted.bsky.social  Foreword by Dr Germana Leyna, Director, Tanzania Food & Nutrient Centre. uamh.uk/resources/nutrients-essenti…
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Out now!🌱 Your simple guide to the Nutrients Essential to Child Growth & Development. Created with the @anhacademy.bsky.social , @lshtm.bsky.social , & @rothamsted.bsky.social  uamh.uk/resources/nutrients-essenti…
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Investing in nutrition research is vital. UK scientists collaborating in equitable partnerships are producing solutions to prevent millions suffering from malnutrition. This research can build a more food-secure, stable world. #BritishScienceWeek #FoodSecurity @lshtm.bsky.social
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Research at Reading @uor-research.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Today we’re in the House of Commons for a special #BSW2026 showcase engaging policymakers on the challenges facing global food systems. @unitedamh.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social @rothamsted.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk @anhacademy.bsky.social rdg.ac/4un8mUC
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Today during #BritishScienceWeek, ANH Academy joins leading UK institutions to highlight global partnerships on improving nutrition and food systems at the House of Commons. 🌱 Sustained investment in research and collaboration is essential for healthier, resilient food systems. 🌍🤝
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Investment in food systems must remain a global priority 🌍 As #BritishScienceWeek begins, ANH Academy and partners call for sustained investment in nutrition and food systems research and global collaborations. 🤝 Read the letter in The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Data4Diets is now hosted on the ANH Academy website! 🛠️🌍 Developed by the INDDEX Project to help researchers, policymakers, & practitioners identify diet-related food security indicators that support evidence-based analysis. 📊 Explore the tool 🔎 www.anh-academy.org/resources/to....
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Learn optimised diet modelling 🧬 with the Research Community on Food Access & Demand for Healthy Diets! Explore WFP’s open-access Enhance V2.0 tool to model healthy 🥗, affordable 💰 & sustainable 🌱 diets. 📅 4 March 2026 ⏰ 13:00–14:00 UTC 📍Live on Zoom tufts.zoom.us/j/9233515546.... @wfp.org
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
🎉 Delighted to announce the ANH Academy Competitive Research Grants – Round 1! These projects will generate actionable evidence to reduce food loss and waste ♻️ and create demand for healthy diets 🥗 across India 🇮🇳, the Philippines 🇵🇭 and Lao PDR 🇱🇦. 🌍👏 👉 Read more www.anh-academy.org/community/ne...
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
🔔 Last 10 days left to apply for @anhacademy.bsky.social SciPol Fellowships! 1-year placements in Sub-Saharan Africa or South Asia, translating research into policy for equitable, sustainable food systems for healthy diets. 🌍🌱 Learn more & apply→ bit.ly/4ox3skD #Fellowships #SciencePolicy
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Happy #FollowFriday! Want the latest scoop on #PublicHealth advice, research & events? 😀 Then follow LSHTM's centres, projects & groups! 👇 Welcoming new additions 🎉 @iceh-lshtm.bsky.social @lshtm-laors.bsky.social @anhacademy.bsky.social @lshtm-cgcc.bsky.social bsky.app/starter-pack...
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐚? ♻️🏠🇸🇦 Join the discussion at the Roundtable on household food recycling and taxation in Saudi Arabia & share your insights. 📅 11 Feb, Wed ⏰ 13-14:00 UTC 🔗 Zoom: bit.ly/4bRHaH7 More: bit.ly/4bLKqDO @tuftsnutrition.bsky.social
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
🔔 Only 1 month left to apply for @anhacademy.bsky.social SciPol Fellowships! 1-year placements in Sub-Saharan Africa or South Asia, translating research into policy for equitable, sustainable food systems for healthy diets. 🌍🌱 Learn more & apply→ bit.ly/4ox3skD #Fellowships #SciencePolicy
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Global health impacts of plastics systems could double by 2040 New research finds emissions from #plastics life cycle linked to health harms of global warming, air pollution & toxic chemicals #PublicHealth 🌍 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
“Much more ambitious action from governments and industry transparency is needed to curb this growing global plastics public health crisis.” Megan Deeney, Research Fellow, LSHTM
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ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
New research shows health harms from plastics across their full life cycle could double by 2040.🚨 Deep reductions in plastics production are needed to curb emissions and protect human health.🔬 Read the study bit.ly/3MawYij led by @lshtm.bsky.social published in @thelancetplanet.bsky.social 📑
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