The UK is failing to protect its precious #wildlife from toxic #chemicals. ❌ Let’s save our wildlife and prevent pollution at source with better protections and tighter controls on chemicals. ✅ Which species are impacted? 🐬 🐝 🦅 Find out below in our new video: https://lnkd.in/dPW-q788 and in our accompanying blog: https://lnkd.in/dCWSQzTB
Fidra
Environmental Services
North Berwick, Scotland 924 followers
Fidra is an environmental charity supporting sustainability & preventing pollution.
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Fidra is an environmental charity supporting sustainability & preventing pollution. We achieve pragmatic solutions to environmental issues using the best available science working in collaboration with the public, industry, and government. Our projects focus on preventing chemical and plastic pollution. We are evidence based, collaborative and pragmatic. Fidra is a Scottish registered charity and SCIO no.SCO43895
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http://www.fidra.org.uk/
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- Industrie
- Environmental Services
- Größe des Unternehmens
- 2-10 Mitarbeiter
- Hauptsitz
- North Berwick, Scotland
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- Nonprofit
- Spezialitäten
- Corporate Engagement, Operation Clean Sweep, Community Engagement, and Marine Plastic Pollution
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25 Westgate
North Berwick, Scotland EH39 4, GB
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🌍 The #GreatGlobalNurdleHunt has begun!🌍 Take part from the 1st - 30th September and join nurdle hunters across the globe in the worlds biggest #nurdlehunt. Every hunt helps collect important evidence of nurdle pollution and call for change Learn how you can take part here 👉 https://lnkd.in/e68qwgkP #nurdles #plastic #plasticpollution #Ocean #environment #citizenscience #takepart
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Listen to this FPA podcast to learn more about #chemicalflameretardants, how they exacerbate fire smoke toxicity, harm human and environmental health and hinder safe #circulareconomy ambitions🔥
Time to get chemical – fire smoke toxicity As the Summer Series of #AssemblyPoint draws to a close, host George Edwardes, Technical Director at the FPA is joined by Dr Joanna Cloy, Senior Project Manager at environmental charity Fidra; and Professor Richard Hull, Professor of Chemistry and Fire Science at the University of Central Lancashire to discuss the toxic impacts of smoke, focusing on chemical flame retardants in household goods. Listen now: https://lnkd.in/edS-quUZ #FireSafety #FireProtection #FPA
"These are really the horrible products from fire"
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We are looking for a new Project Officer! Join our highly motivated and effective organisation to help scope, design, deliver and monitor effective science driven environmental projects. More information can be found on our website: https://lnkd.in/egj-mueC
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We must keep having these conversations and find practical solutions for reducing the UK's reliance on harmful #chemicalflameretardants for a safe #circulareconomy
Independent Motion Pictures and Film Professional now an AMUSF trained upholsterer and Journeyman with the Guild of Traditional Upholsterers
Big thank you to Hatta Byng for letting me talk, talk and talk a bit more - and now publishing an article in House & Garden on our toxic home furniture and how we could make it safer, healthier and recyclable if we just swapped out flame retardant chemicals for a wool fire barrier cloth. Thanks too to Virginia Clark, Elizabeth Metcalfe and Eve Delaney of House and Garden for their support. https://lnkd.in/eScSYJK4
Is our furniture poisoning us? The arguments for removing toxic materials in sofas, beds and more
houseandgarden.co.uk
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The environment agency has found high levels of toxic chemical #flameretardants in healthcare and mental institution mattresses. This raises question over the impacts on users, especially vulnerable patients and the #circulareconomy. Read our new blog which explores the new study: https://lnkd.in/eFrCgBKV
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We must reduce chemical flame retardants to improve circularity and achieve effective sustainable furniture fire safety in the UK 🔥#chemicalpollution
Roundtable a first step towards a solution on fire regulations With a broad range of representatives from sole traders and retailers to manufacturers and academics, the BFM Fire Regulations Roundtable brought together expertise from across the industry. Philip Spademan: “Although we don’t have an immediate solution, it is encouraging that the majority of people in the room seemed to be in favour of reducing chemical fire retardants from furniture and ultimately finding a safe route forwards to remove them completely.” Ian Oscroft julie walker Joanna Cloy Angela Moran Paul Vaughan BA (Hons) CQP MCQI https://lnkd.in/ewTPMu3p #bfm #furniture #furnishings #manufacturing #fire #regulation British Furniture Manufacturers
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Thanks to the Seabird centre for letting us be part of #BioBlitzByTheSea last weekend. Thanks to everyone that came along, especially the family that shared their nurdle find 🔍 all these #nurdles were found on the local beach in North Berwick within 20 minutes! #plasticpollution #plasticpellets #chemicalpollution #citizenscience
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⚠Chemical pollution is reaching crisis point in the UK. In our new blog, we look at how aligning with the EU on #chemical regulation could cut costs to business, the public, and better protect our #environment and health. ⬇ https://lnkd.in/eUfhnPhe
Protect us from pollution: Overhaul UK REACH chemical regulation - Fidra
https://www.fidra.org.uk
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It was great to attend the Go Falklands event yesterday. We had a great time promoting our #sewagefreesoils project and raising awareness of #PFAS in #pesticides Our very own soil scientist Jo also got to talk to farmers about their journeys with regenerative Farming! Thanks to all who came along.
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