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Farhan R. Khan

@farhanrkhan.bsky.social
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#ecotoxicologist researching the impact of #pollution in the #aquatic #environment | #plasticpollution #microplastics #tirewearparticles #chemicals Founder of Clean Shores, Great Lakes cleanshoresgreatlakes.norceresearch… #clean-up #tanzania

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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🚨New publication Occurrence, biotic interactions, and ecotoxicological impacts of microplastics in the East African coastal environment: Insights and research priorities from the MICROMARINE Project www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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EL Miller @elmiller.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
We need a maximum working temperature. 50,000 people have already signed this petition to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Please add your name too. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/we...
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We need a maximum working temperature
We need a maximum working temperature. 50,000 people have already signed this petition to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Please add your name too.
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
New paper out! 🎉 Our latest #CleanShoresGreatLakes study uses brand audits to link #plastic litter in the African Great Lakes to Corporate Responsibility pointing towards opportunities for #ExtendedProducerResponsibility. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Brand audit attribution of plastic litter in the African Great Lakes: dominance of national manufacturers and implications for extended producer responsibility - Environmental Science and Pollution Re...
Plastic pollution is an established environmental crisis, but the responsibility of specific producers remains poorly understood particularly in freshwater systems. The present study applies brand aud...
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
New perspective published on how and why including tire emissions in the Global Plastics Treaty makes sense... pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
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As the “Wheels Come Off”, Including Tire Emissions in the Plastics Treaty Would Show Drive
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
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☣️ Found high levels of harmful phthalates from dumped car tires in Osterfjorden 𖥞 On the seabed near Hjelmås quay in Osterfjorden, Alver municipality, lie tens of thousands of old tires. These… | N...
☣️ Found high levels of harmful phthalates from dumped car tires in Osterfjorden 𖥞 On the seabed near Hjelmås quay in Osterfjorden, Alver municipality, lie tens of thousands of old tires. These tire...
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
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#plastics #microplastics #chemicals #onehealth | Farhan Khan
Last week’s “Plastics and One Health in Agrifood Systems: Understanding and Managing Risks” workshop was a timely reminder of the complex and inter-connected challenges #plastics, #microplastics and t...
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Poste-gone-lu
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
New paper: The impact of climate change on the flux and fate of metals in freshwater systems: Implications for metal exposure across different scales www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The impact of climate change on the flux and fate of metals in freshwater systems: Implications for metal exposure across different scales
Climate change and chemical pollution are two of the gravest environmental concerns, and it is becoming increasingly recognised that climate change an…
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
New paper: Legacy of Chemical Pollution from an Underwater Tire Dump in Alver Municipality, Norway: Implication for the Persistence of Tire-Derived Chemicals and Site Remediation doi.org/10.3390/envi...
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Fun read for a drizzly Sunday afternoon... www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
After a long drive with kids, I'm always shocked Homer's car design didn't take off!
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Currently watching Department Q on Netflix..."not my circus, not my monkeys" is my new favourite saying. I expect to be using it liberally in the coming months.
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
🚨 Micro(nano)plastics in the fish gastrointestinal tract: A mini review and relevance to One Health perspective www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🐟 This review looks at the fish gut, as a critical intersection between environmental, biotic, and human health, aligning with the One Health concept
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
I passed Holocene Court today and wondered whether these flats in NW London really provide a stable epoch for the development of human civilization? Or was it just a cool sounding name that the developers thought would lure people? 🤷🏻
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Back in London for summer hols....1 late and 1 diverted train, stepped in dog poop in the middle of the pavement (!), sprayed by a passing car, every green space is now a building site for new block of flats, but the roads are already congested. Good to be home...also train prices wtf!
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Sunday afternoon in a kid's play centre. Watching my kids play whilst listening to meloncholic late 90s/2000s music makes me feel like I live in John Woo movie
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
🚨 New paper So happy to share the paper from our Clean Shores, Great Lakes project. Thanks to the coauthors that bought this project and paper to success and the 5000+ volunteers, citizen scientists that participated in our clean-ups, data recording, outreach. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Abundance and characteristics of anthropogenic litter along the Tanzanian shores of the African Great Lakes: including volunteer involvement, outreach, and stakeholder engagement in a holistic approac...
Environmental pollution due to mismanaged anthropogenic litter is one of the most pressing issues facing the world today. To reduce existing environmental burdens of litter, clean-up events have incre...
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Poster day at #SETACVienna
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
#climatechange and #pollution is a complex topic. For #metals we've been trying to understand the impacts - come see our poster at #SETACVienna
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Happy to be presenting our Clean Shores, Great Lakes of citizen science led clean-ups in the African Great Lakes at #SETACVienna next week
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
The #LastofUs starts in Danish museum..who would have thought? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Denmark’s museum objects at risk from ‘extreme’ new mould, say conservators
The ‘epidemic for Golden Age paintings’ may already be a global problem, with the fungi a possible health hazard
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Reviewer 3
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyHY... Interesting research from the Netherlands finding microplastics in the cases of caddisflies from 50 years ago. This sets a new date for plastics as freshwater problem...
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Microplastic pollution found in insect casing from 1971
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
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On the responsibilities of intellectuals and the rise of bullshit jobs in universities
You may never have considered yourself to be one. Why would you? But if you’re reading this, there is more than a likelihood that you are one. If you’re a
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Research Council of Norway proposal submitted
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Arrived in Bergen all the way from the University of Dar es Salaam. #proudsupervisor
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Important article by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social describing the current situation in terms of complex systems and their fragility or resilience. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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There are many ways Trump could trigger a global collapse. Here’s how to survive if that happens | George Monbiot
It could be wildfires, a pandemic or a financial crisis. The super-rich will flee to their bunkers – the rest of us will have to fend for ourselves, writes columnist George Monbiot
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jmuncke.bsky.social @jmuncke.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
What’s the root cause of climate change and pollution? and how to tackle both issues without causing new problems? 👉 insideclimatenews.org/news/1202202...
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Consumerism—and the Chemicals in All of Our Stuff—Is Thwarting the Transition From Fossil Fuels - Inside Climate News
Climate change mitigation strategies that don’t address overconsumption and reduce dependence on fossil fuel-derived chemicals will exacerbate health harms and biodiversity loss, scientists warn.
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Day 2 of Emissions Analytics Tyre Industry and Sustainability Conference. David Shaw, CEO of Tire Industry Research, gave a presentation "Decoding tyre-speak" outlining how the industry works and what they mean when discussing sustainability.
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Looking forward to 2 days of tire talk at the Emissions Analytics Tyre Emissions & Sustainability Conference in Prague. Lots of interesting talks on the agenda covering #environmental presence, #chemicals of concern and #toxicology, as well as presentations from the tire industry
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Great article from @dralexford.bsky.social and colleagues www.nature.com/articles/s44... . The use of manufactured doubt, deflection and disinformation has become relevant across #environmental #sciences - #PlasticsTreaty and #climatechange. Here's another example of what scientists are facing.
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Water industry strategies to manufacture doubt and deflect blame for sewage pollution in England - Nature Water
In the past 5 years, a huge amount of untreated wastewater has been released into English waterways. An analysis of the communication used by the water utilities shows that they have employed strategi...
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Matthew Todd @matthewtodd.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
The devastation on its way is unimaginable - like nothing humanity has ever witnessed before - and everyone will wish they had been climate activists and ‘hysterics’ when they had the chance. We are in a moment of unprecedented stupidity
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
I've seen a lot about #microplastics from teabags in the news recently. Food or drink intake as a source of #plastics is important, but we also need to think about other sources in the kitchen and food prep... see our 2024 paper on this... www.cell.com/heliyon/full...
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Beyond the food on your plate: Investigating sources of microplastic contamination in home kitchens
Given that a substantial amount of time is spent in kitchens preparing food, the kitchen equipment used may be relevant in determining the composition and amount of microplastics ending up on our dinn...
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Enjoying the last bit of cold sun before the rains come this weekend in #Bergen
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Joining a new platform allows me to reintroduce Clean Shores, Great Lakes, started in 2022 to #clean-up #plastic #litter in the African Great Lakes. Combining #citizenscience, #schoolsoutreach, #sustainability #stakeholder #policy #mitigation. See: cleanshoresgreatlakes.norceresearch.no
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Farhan R. Khan @farhanrkhan.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Hello BlueSky! X has become increasingly #toxic so thought I would move here. Looking to connect with folks interested in #environmental #science and #ecotoxicology working with #chemicals, #plastics, #microplastics. #research wordcloud...
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