Mirella Miettinen
@mimiet.bsky.social
Academy Research Fellow
Law School, University of Eastern Finland
Law School, University of Eastern Finland
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Finland must accelerate efforts towards a circular economy of plastics. How can this be done?
Read more:
Report: The state of plastics circularity in Finland 2025 - Review and evaluation of PlastLIFE SIP phase 1 (helda.fi): hdl.handle.net/10138/604241
Press release: www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/7164...
Read more:
Report: The state of plastics circularity in Finland 2025 - Review and evaluation of PlastLIFE SIP phase 1 (helda.fi): hdl.handle.net/10138/604241
Press release: www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/7164...
November 27, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Finland must accelerate efforts towards a circular economy of plastics. How can this be done?
Read more:
Report: The state of plastics circularity in Finland 2025 - Review and evaluation of PlastLIFE SIP phase 1 (helda.fi): hdl.handle.net/10138/604241
Press release: www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/7164...
Read more:
Report: The state of plastics circularity in Finland 2025 - Review and evaluation of PlastLIFE SIP phase 1 (helda.fi): hdl.handle.net/10138/604241
Press release: www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/7164...
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It is as if a competent authority, armed with expertise and a suitable legal framework, is needed to protect human health.
Who would have thought...
Who would have thought...
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 AM
It is as if a competent authority, armed with expertise and a suitable legal framework, is needed to protect human health.
Who would have thought...
Who would have thought...
Reposted by Mirella Miettinen
An Ecology Letters article explores urban #pollinator interventions across Europe. It is accompanied by an infographic on five intervention types designed to reach citizens and decision-makers.
Learn more: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...
Learn more: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
An Ecology Letters article explores urban #pollinator interventions across Europe. It is accompanied by an infographic on five intervention types designed to reach citizens and decision-makers.
Learn more: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...
Learn more: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...
Changes to EU chemical legislation grant exemptions for human and vet medicines, but the sector is not entirely exempt from the new rules. If the changes threaten to undermine the desired goals in the health sector, the responses may even hinder green transformation. doi.org/10.1080/2052...
Crossing silos: how changes in EU chemicals policy and legislation are reflected in its pharmaceutical policy and legislation
The European Union (EU) has introduced several changes to its chemicals policy and legislation with an ambition to transform society greener. This study examined selected changes introduced in EU c...
doi.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Changes to EU chemical legislation grant exemptions for human and vet medicines, but the sector is not entirely exempt from the new rules. If the changes threaten to undermine the desired goals in the health sector, the responses may even hinder green transformation. doi.org/10.1080/2052...
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Towards pollinator-friendly policy and practices #Safeguard policy brief "The topic of pollinators is characterised by different (including opposing) views which are subject to unequal access to policymaking, with a few largely advantaged views gaining political leverage" zenodo.org/records/1490...
February 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Towards pollinator-friendly policy and practices #Safeguard policy brief "The topic of pollinators is characterised by different (including opposing) views which are subject to unequal access to policymaking, with a few largely advantaged views gaining political leverage" zenodo.org/records/1490...
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No matter who’s in the White House, the business case for green chemistry endures, with fewer liabilities, lower costs, safer workplaces, and happier investors. cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky 🧪
Opinion: Green chemistry doesn’t need a federal boost. No, really
The case for creating safer, cleaner, and more-efficient chemical processes has never been stronger
cen.acs.org
November 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
No matter who’s in the White House, the business case for green chemistry endures, with fewer liabilities, lower costs, safer workplaces, and happier investors. cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky 🧪
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Is the #IPCC failing to fulfil its social contract?
A Model at its Limits: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change from the Inside
- IPCC faces an identity crisis
- persistent disconnect between scientific enterprise and
meaningful political action
www.cambridge.org/core/service...
A Model at its Limits: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change from the Inside
- IPCC faces an identity crisis
- persistent disconnect between scientific enterprise and
meaningful political action
www.cambridge.org/core/service...
www.cambridge.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Is the #IPCC failing to fulfil its social contract?
A Model at its Limits: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change from the Inside
- IPCC faces an identity crisis
- persistent disconnect between scientific enterprise and
meaningful political action
www.cambridge.org/core/service...
A Model at its Limits: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change from the Inside
- IPCC faces an identity crisis
- persistent disconnect between scientific enterprise and
meaningful political action
www.cambridge.org/core/service...
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The 2025 @lancetcountdown.bsky.social report reveals climate change inaction is costing lives and livelihoods, and harming the economy.
During #COP30, explore recommendations for action: spkl.io/63324AbjGM #LancetClimate25
During #COP30, explore recommendations for action: spkl.io/63324AbjGM #LancetClimate25
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The 2025 @lancetcountdown.bsky.social report reveals climate change inaction is costing lives and livelihoods, and harming the economy.
During #COP30, explore recommendations for action: spkl.io/63324AbjGM #LancetClimate25
During #COP30, explore recommendations for action: spkl.io/63324AbjGM #LancetClimate25
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130+ organisations urge von der Leyen to strengthen enforcement of #EU #pesticide law.
October 29, 2025 at 6:28 AM
130+ organisations urge von der Leyen to strengthen enforcement of #EU #pesticide law.
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☕️ Your morning coffee depends on pollinators more than you might think.
Every day, the world savours more than 2 billion cups of coffee. Yet this daily ritual relies on a hidden workforce: pollinators. Bees, butterflies and countless others ensure that coffee blossoms fulfil their potential.
☕️ Your morning coffee depends on pollinators more than you might think.
Every day, the world savours more than 2 billion cups of coffee. Yet this daily ritual relies on a hidden workforce: pollinators. Bees, butterflies and countless others ensure that coffee blossoms fulfil their potential.
October 1, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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☕️ Your morning coffee depends on pollinators more than you might think.
Every day, the world savours more than 2 billion cups of coffee. Yet this daily ritual relies on a hidden workforce: pollinators. Bees, butterflies and countless others ensure that coffee blossoms fulfil their potential.
☕️ Your morning coffee depends on pollinators more than you might think.
Every day, the world savours more than 2 billion cups of coffee. Yet this daily ritual relies on a hidden workforce: pollinators. Bees, butterflies and countless others ensure that coffee blossoms fulfil their potential.
Thank you @katarinazimmer.bsky.social for interviewing me, along with many other experts, for this insightful piece "How Human Medicines Are Disrupting Aquatic Ecosystems" | ACS Central Science pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/....
How Human Medicines Are Disrupting Aquatic Ecosystems
More drugs are entering aquatic habitats. Scientists are teasing apart how they influence the behavior, reproduction, and biology of organisms that live there.
pubs.acs.org
September 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Thank you @katarinazimmer.bsky.social for interviewing me, along with many other experts, for this insightful piece "How Human Medicines Are Disrupting Aquatic Ecosystems" | ACS Central Science pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/....
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🦋 Amid the growing controversy over pesticide-heavy lily farming in the Netherlands, @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social sat down with @dvhn.nl for an in-depth interview. The conversation goes far beyond lilies – touching on wider environmental issues 🐛
👉 butterfly-europe.eu/interview-wi...
👉 butterfly-europe.eu/interview-wi...
Interview with project coordinator Jeroen P. van der Sluijs
butterfly-europe.eu
July 23, 2025 at 11:06 AM
🦋 Amid the growing controversy over pesticide-heavy lily farming in the Netherlands, @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social sat down with @dvhn.nl for an in-depth interview. The conversation goes far beyond lilies – touching on wider environmental issues 🐛
👉 butterfly-europe.eu/interview-wi...
👉 butterfly-europe.eu/interview-wi...
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(1/2) Offcontinental locations 2/3: 📍Curaçao.
We will be teaming up with Carmabi.
Very little research has been done on pollinators in this region, so this is a great chance for us to gather valuable data and learn more about the diversity and importance of pollinators.
We will be teaming up with Carmabi.
Very little research has been done on pollinators in this region, so this is a great chance for us to gather valuable data and learn more about the diversity and importance of pollinators.
July 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
(1/2) Offcontinental locations 2/3: 📍Curaçao.
We will be teaming up with Carmabi.
Very little research has been done on pollinators in this region, so this is a great chance for us to gather valuable data and learn more about the diversity and importance of pollinators.
We will be teaming up with Carmabi.
Very little research has been done on pollinators in this region, so this is a great chance for us to gather valuable data and learn more about the diversity and importance of pollinators.
On mielenkiintoista seurata, millaisia havaintoja partnerit @butterfly-project.bsky.social hankkeessamme tekevät kaukaisimmilta tutkimuskohteiltamme, kuten Grönlannista. Mikä on pölyttäjien arvo yhteiskunnalle siellä? Ja mitkä lajit ovat tärkeimpiä pölyttäjiä?
Offcontinental locations: 1/3📍#Greenland
Rock cranberry, crowberry, cloudberry, and blueberry🫐 = important food sources for wildlife🦊 and the Indigenous communities in Greenland. Building on earlier work on pollination networks in eastern Greenland, we will expand to more populated areas in the west
Rock cranberry, crowberry, cloudberry, and blueberry🫐 = important food sources for wildlife🦊 and the Indigenous communities in Greenland. Building on earlier work on pollination networks in eastern Greenland, we will expand to more populated areas in the west
July 18, 2025 at 4:50 AM
On mielenkiintoista seurata, millaisia havaintoja partnerit @butterfly-project.bsky.social hankkeessamme tekevät kaukaisimmilta tutkimuskohteiltamme, kuten Grönlannista. Mikä on pölyttäjien arvo yhteiskunnalle siellä? Ja mitkä lajit ovat tärkeimpiä pölyttäjiä?
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(1/2) #LivingLabs focus on 📍 Southern Norway!
In Landøy, abandoned coastal heathlands are being restored after decades of neglect following the 1960s fisheries collapse. Restoration supports pollinators, carbon storage, and cultural heritage.
#ButterflyEUProject #PollinatorsMatter #SouthernNorway
In Landøy, abandoned coastal heathlands are being restored after decades of neglect following the 1960s fisheries collapse. Restoration supports pollinators, carbon storage, and cultural heritage.
#ButterflyEUProject #PollinatorsMatter #SouthernNorway
July 3, 2025 at 5:01 AM
(1/2) #LivingLabs focus on 📍 Southern Norway!
In Landøy, abandoned coastal heathlands are being restored after decades of neglect following the 1960s fisheries collapse. Restoration supports pollinators, carbon storage, and cultural heritage.
#ButterflyEUProject #PollinatorsMatter #SouthernNorway
In Landøy, abandoned coastal heathlands are being restored after decades of neglect following the 1960s fisheries collapse. Restoration supports pollinators, carbon storage, and cultural heritage.
#ButterflyEUProject #PollinatorsMatter #SouthernNorway
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♻️ A circular economy isn’t always a safe one.
New and #opanaccess: Joonas Alaranta & @mimiet.bsky.social examine how REACH & socio-economic analysis handle hazardous substances in recycled materials and how the SSbD framework could offer a more sustainable path.
Read here: doi.org/10.1111/reel...
New and #opanaccess: Joonas Alaranta & @mimiet.bsky.social examine how REACH & socio-economic analysis handle hazardous substances in recycled materials and how the SSbD framework could offer a more sustainable path.
Read here: doi.org/10.1111/reel...
June 25, 2025 at 10:31 AM
♻️ A circular economy isn’t always a safe one.
New and #opanaccess: Joonas Alaranta & @mimiet.bsky.social examine how REACH & socio-economic analysis handle hazardous substances in recycled materials and how the SSbD framework could offer a more sustainable path.
Read here: doi.org/10.1111/reel...
New and #opanaccess: Joonas Alaranta & @mimiet.bsky.social examine how REACH & socio-economic analysis handle hazardous substances in recycled materials and how the SSbD framework could offer a more sustainable path.
Read here: doi.org/10.1111/reel...
This perspective "How pollinator decline could disrupt supply chains" is an important and refreshing, and also requires close communication with various stakeholders in the supply chains included in the @butterfly-project.bsky.social project. #biodiversity #environment #chemicals @cceel.bsky.social
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🎓 From law to landscapes:
@mimiet.bsky.social @uniuef.bsky.social leads key work in the #ButterflyProject, exploring how pollinator decline could disrupt supply chains in food, medicine, cosmetics, and more. 🧪🌿
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🎓 From law to landscapes:
@mimiet.bsky.social @uniuef.bsky.social leads key work in the #ButterflyProject, exploring how pollinator decline could disrupt supply chains in food, medicine, cosmetics, and more. 🧪🌿
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Environmental considerations in the European Union's pharmaceuticals legislation: Key instruments and their challenges in addressing global manufacturing supply chains
This article analyses how two key instruments of European Union pharmaceuticals legislation—good manufacturing practices and environmental risk assessment of pharmaceuticals—address known risks posed...
f.mtr.cool
June 18, 2025 at 10:39 AM
This perspective "How pollinator decline could disrupt supply chains" is an important and refreshing, and also requires close communication with various stakeholders in the supply chains included in the @butterfly-project.bsky.social project. #biodiversity #environment #chemicals @cceel.bsky.social
Voiko energiapajun kasvatus hyödyttää myös pölyttäjiä? Yksi Butterfly-hankkeemme #LivingLabs tutkii bioenergian toimitusketjua pölyttäjäpalveluiden näkökulmasta. #biodiversiteetti #pölyttäjäkriisi #energiantuotanto
(1/2) #LivingLabs focus on 📍 Northern Jutland
🌿🐝 What if bioenergy could boost pollinators too?
In #NorthernJutland, agroforestry meets organic pig farming—producing both premium pork 🐖 and willow for bioenergy.
🌿🐝 What if bioenergy could boost pollinators too?
In #NorthernJutland, agroforestry meets organic pig farming—producing both premium pork 🐖 and willow for bioenergy.
June 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Voiko energiapajun kasvatus hyödyttää myös pölyttäjiä? Yksi Butterfly-hankkeemme #LivingLabs tutkii bioenergian toimitusketjua pölyttäjäpalveluiden näkökulmasta. #biodiversiteetti #pölyttäjäkriisi #energiantuotanto
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Ystävämme saivat negatiivista palautetta, kun eivät leikkaa nurmikkoa lyhyeksi, vaan hoitavat pihaa luontoystävällisesti, suosien kotoisia villikukkia, pörriäisiä, perhosia ja muita pölyttäjiä.
Teimme heille kyltin, jossa luonnonmukaisen pihanhoidon perusteluja. #pölyttäjät @naattinet.bsky.social
Teimme heille kyltin, jossa luonnonmukaisen pihanhoidon perusteluja. #pölyttäjät @naattinet.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Ystävämme saivat negatiivista palautetta, kun eivät leikkaa nurmikkoa lyhyeksi, vaan hoitavat pihaa luontoystävällisesti, suosien kotoisia villikukkia, pörriäisiä, perhosia ja muita pölyttäjiä.
Teimme heille kyltin, jossa luonnonmukaisen pihanhoidon perusteluja. #pölyttäjät @naattinet.bsky.social
Teimme heille kyltin, jossa luonnonmukaisen pihanhoidon perusteluja. #pölyttäjät @naattinet.bsky.social
Pohditko mikä siemenseos olisi paras pölyttäjien kannalta puutarhaasi tänä kesänä? Tutkittua tietoa löytyy tästä tuoreesta julkaisusta.
🐛🦋An evidence-based approach for selecting and testing suitable plants to use in annual seed mixes to attract insect pollinators 👇 (seed mixes for bees and hoverflies were considered in the study) 🐝🪰
Thank you to @grrlscientist.bsky.social for covering our new paper in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
June 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Pohditko mikä siemenseos olisi paras pölyttäjien kannalta puutarhaasi tänä kesänä? Tutkittua tietoa löytyy tästä tuoreesta julkaisusta.
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#LivingLabs focus on 📍 Zeeland (Netherlands)
Farmers in Zeeland grow a variety of crops: onions, wheat, legumes, sugar beets, and flax! Flax has been grown for textile production since the Middle Ages. Now, flax fibers are exported, and rest products are processed into building materials🏘️ (1/2)
Farmers in Zeeland grow a variety of crops: onions, wheat, legumes, sugar beets, and flax! Flax has been grown for textile production since the Middle Ages. Now, flax fibers are exported, and rest products are processed into building materials🏘️ (1/2)
June 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
#LivingLabs focus on 📍 Zeeland (Netherlands)
Farmers in Zeeland grow a variety of crops: onions, wheat, legumes, sugar beets, and flax! Flax has been grown for textile production since the Middle Ages. Now, flax fibers are exported, and rest products are processed into building materials🏘️ (1/2)
Farmers in Zeeland grow a variety of crops: onions, wheat, legumes, sugar beets, and flax! Flax has been grown for textile production since the Middle Ages. Now, flax fibers are exported, and rest products are processed into building materials🏘️ (1/2)
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🌍 We are taking you on a journey across our diverse research sites! First stop: 📍 #LivingLabs – #Murcia @pdelarua.bsky.social
🌸 Did you know 38% of organic crops in Murcia are almond trees? These trees support rural life & heritage—but rising demand brings challenges (1/2).
🌸 Did you know 38% of organic crops in Murcia are almond trees? These trees support rural life & heritage—but rising demand brings challenges (1/2).
May 29, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🌍 We are taking you on a journey across our diverse research sites! First stop: 📍 #LivingLabs – #Murcia @pdelarua.bsky.social
🌸 Did you know 38% of organic crops in Murcia are almond trees? These trees support rural life & heritage—but rising demand brings challenges (1/2).
🌸 Did you know 38% of organic crops in Murcia are almond trees? These trees support rural life & heritage—but rising demand brings challenges (1/2).
By the time I travelled, summer had finally arrived in our yard, the first cherry tree was blooming! The temperature has also risen, which the bumblebees, who have been shivering in the cold until now, are also enjoying. 🐝🌤️
May 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM
By the time I travelled, summer had finally arrived in our yard, the first cherry tree was blooming! The temperature has also risen, which the bumblebees, who have been shivering in the cold until now, are also enjoying. 🐝🌤️
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Mitä uusin tutkimustieto kertoo Suomen pölyttäjistä? Mitä kimalaisten elämästä ja älykkyydestä tiedetään? 🐝🌻
Sukella kukkien ja pölyttäjien maailmaan tutkijoiden kanssa!
🌷🐝 Ylen luontotoimittaja Minna Pyykön jututettavina ovat hyönteisasiantuntijat Juho Paukkunen, Pasi Sihvonen ja Olli Loukola.
Sukella kukkien ja pölyttäjien maailmaan tutkijoiden kanssa!
🌷🐝 Ylen luontotoimittaja Minna Pyykön jututettavina ovat hyönteisasiantuntijat Juho Paukkunen, Pasi Sihvonen ja Olli Loukola.
Pörriäisilta – Mitä Suomen pölyttäjille kuuluu?
YouTube video by Tiedekulma
www.youtube.com
May 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Mitä uusin tutkimustieto kertoo Suomen pölyttäjistä? Mitä kimalaisten elämästä ja älykkyydestä tiedetään? 🐝🌻
Sukella kukkien ja pölyttäjien maailmaan tutkijoiden kanssa!
🌷🐝 Ylen luontotoimittaja Minna Pyykön jututettavina ovat hyönteisasiantuntijat Juho Paukkunen, Pasi Sihvonen ja Olli Loukola.
Sukella kukkien ja pölyttäjien maailmaan tutkijoiden kanssa!
🌷🐝 Ylen luontotoimittaja Minna Pyykön jututettavina ovat hyönteisasiantuntijat Juho Paukkunen, Pasi Sihvonen ja Olli Loukola.