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Further links

1. info pages on micro- and macroplastics

BUND e.V.: "Organic" plastic raises false hopes

European Commission: The EU's role in cosmetics

UMSICHT study by the Fraunhofer Institute on plastics in the environment

UMSICHT study by the Fraunhofer Institute on microplastics and synthetic polymers

2. microplastics guidebook

BUND e.V.: Shopping guide microplastics

Centre for International Environmental Law (CIEL): Plastic & Climate

CodeCheck AG: Microplastic study

Greenpeace e.V.: Microplastics in cosmetics

Health and Environment Justice Support e.V.: Position Paper Microplastics

Heinrich Böll Foundation e.V. & BUND e.V.: Plastic Atlas

Federal Environment Agency: Plastics in the environment

Umweltbundesamt GmbH (AT): Microplastics in the environment

UNEP: Microplastics

UNEP: Plastic in cosmetics

WWF Germany: The impact of plastic pollution in the oceans on marine species, biodiversity and ecosystems

In ENG: WWF Germany "Impacts of plastic pollution in the oceans on marine species, biodiversity and ecosystems".

WWF Germany: Microplastics in the environment WWF Germany: Study "Packaging Turnaround Now

3. studies on micro- and macroplastics

Leslie, H. A., van Velzen, M. J. M., Brandsma, S. H., Vethaak, A. D., Garcia-Vallejo J. J. & Lamoree, M. H. (2022). Discovery and quantification of plastic particle pollution in human blood. Environment International, 163, 2022,107199, ISSN 0160-4120

Wang, A., Abrahamsson, D. P., Jiang T., Wang, M., Morello-Frosch, R., Park, J.-S., Sirota, M., & Woodruff, T. J. (2021). Environmental Science & Technology 2021 55 (8), 5037-5049. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c05984.

Wei, X., Richaud, E. & Booth, A. M. (2022). Raman Microspectroscopy Detection and Characterisation of Microplastics in Human Breastmilk. Polymers, 14(13), 2700.

Wiesinger, H., Wang, Z., & Hellweg, S. (2021). Deep Dive into Plastic Monomers, Additives, and Processing aids. Environmental Science & Technology. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c000976

WWF (2023): Putting an end to plastic pollution: WWF's call to urgently regulate high-risk plastic products

4. apps and websites for checking ingredients of cosmetics.

American Academy of Dermatology

Professional association of dermatology

German Dermatological Society (DDG)

European Academy of Dermatology

JuDerm (Young Dermatologists) in the Professional Association of German Dermatologists e.V.

5. dermatological societies and professional associations

American Academy of Dermatology

Professional association of dermatology

German Dermatological Society (DDG)

European Academy of Dermatology

JuDerm (Young Dermatologists) in the Professional Association of German Dermatologists e.V.

6. political aspects

Federal Ministry of Health: Federal Government Strategy on Global Health

Cosmetics Regulation:

Federal Environment Agency: Resource conservation in the health sector

7. dermatological online encyclopaedias

Altmeyer: Encyclopaedia of Dermatology

DOIA Dermatology Atlas

Glossary of legal ingredients in cosmetics

Wikiderm: Infoportal for dermatologists

8. reports on climate change

BUND (2022): Transformation by design, not by disaster

Health Care Without Harm (2019): Health care's climate footprint

IPCC: AR6 Climate Change Report 2021

IPCC: Sixth Assessment Report 20 March 2023

9 Climate change and health

Health For Future

Health For Future - Flyer "Preventing Pandemics Sustainably

"Sustainable prevention of pandemics

"Empêcher durablement les pandémies" ➔ flyer available in: DEU / ENG / FRA / ITA / POL / TUK

KLUG - German Climate Change and Health Alliance e.V.

viamedica: "Lifesavers become climate savers" project

10. medicines and practice management

Ärzteblatt Sachsen 1/2021: Water protection through fewer pharmaceutical residues | Complete edition available here

DECHEMA e.V.: Disposal of medicinal products done right

HCWH Europe: European healthcare's phase-out list for chemicals of concern | PDF German / English / Français

HCWH Europe: Measuring and reducing plastics in the healthcare sector

HCWH Europe:Promoting safer disinfectants in the healthcare sector

MedTech Pharma e.V.: Ecological sustainability of medical devices

S2k Guideline Disaster Medical Prehospital Treatment Guidelines

11 Divestment

Schulz, C. M.: The investment strategies of the pension funds of the German medical profession are based on basic assumptions that are no longer valid

12. endocrine disruptors

Glossary of suspect substances: endocrine disruptors in cosmetics

Journal of Endocrinology: Exposure to endocrine disruptors during adulthood

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Triclosan and endocrine disruption

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