On February 2, 2023, the California State Policy Evidence Consortium (CalSPEC) released https://uccs.ucdavis.edu/calspec/2022-research-topic “An Evidence Review for the California State Legislature,” titled “Microplastics Occurrence, Health Effects, and Mitigation Policies” https://uccs.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk12071/files/media/documents/CalSPEC-Report-Microplastics-Occurrence-Health%20Effects-and-Mitigation-Policies.pdf which presents a “… systematic review of the health effects of microplastics; and summarized the current status of national, subnational, and multinational policies relating to microplastics mitigation and prevention. In essence, the report found that microplastics are ubiquitous and (based on extensive animal research) potentially harmful to human digestion, reproduction, and respiration. Policies to address some aspects of the problem (e.g. microbeads) are much further along than others (e.g., microfibers, road tire fragments, breakdown of macroplastics…” #MicroPlastics #SingleUsePackaging #PlasticWaste @UCCenterSac
Animal Digestible Food Packaging Initiative
Our reason-for-being/goal/purpose/objective/intent is to convince/inspire/persuade/encourage the food processing industry to establish and fund a public private partnership for the discovery of new food packaging materials that would be digestible by animals (farm animals as well as ubiquitous microbes).
