Kidney care has a hidden cost: the environment. Dialysis and transplant generate large amounts of waste and consume significant resources. An editorial shares patient, donor, and provider perspectives on why sustainability must become part of kidney care.
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Tele-Nephrology & Sustainability: the Portuguese experience shows virtual nephrology visits save money and the environment. 📄 Study: doi.org/10.1016/j.ne... #GreenNephrology #Telemedicine #DigitalHealth

🌱 Nephrology faces workforce shortages and burnout. Attracting learners requires creativity, mentorship, and showcasing our specialty’s innovation. A new paper outlines 10 practical tips. 🔗 academic.oup.com/ckj/article/...

🌍 How do we make medical congresses greener without losing the value of meeting in person?
Our new NDT paper outlines 5 strategies from the ERA Congress experience.
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🌱💧 Bologna, 31/01/2026
III Convegno GdP Green Nephrology e cambiamento climatico.
Un confronto su congressi e comunicazione green, KDIGO, plastiche e dialisi, tossicità ambientale, dialisi domiciliare e innovazione tecnologica per costruire una nefrologia più sostenibile

1/4 🌍💉 New study shows microplastics (MPs) in kidney donor tissues! Researchers detected MPs in renal, adrenal, vascular & ureteral tissues, raising fresh questions for transplantation & environmental health. 🔗https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40902535/
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Green nephrology is gaining attention, but progress is uneven. This new CJASN review argues that sustainability in kidney care is first and foremost an educational challenge—we need to teach it systematically. 🌍📚
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Microplastics are everywhere — oceans, soil, bottled water — and now we have clear evidence they enter our food from the air itself. Plants can absorb airborne microplastics directly through their leaves. This means exposure does not depend only on soil or water.

Haemodialysis has a high environmental footprint (water, energy, materials, travel). A new LCA study in CKJ examined which sustainability interventions in kidney care really make a difference. 👇 academic.oup.com/ckj/article/...

Nutritional care in chronic kidney disease is often presented as a single recommendation for everyone. But people differ in age, muscle mass, metabolism, gut microbiome, and daily living conditions. This is why a “one diet fits all” approach is not enough.

Air pollution doesn’t just harm the lungs and heart — it also accelerates kidney disease.
A new @ClinKidneyJ review links exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and black carbon with faster progression of glomerular diseases.
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Dalla riduzione dei consumi di acqua e materiali alla valutazione dell’impronta di carbonio delle unità di dialisi, fino alle sfide della medicina spaziale: la nefrologia abbraccia sempre più il suo ruolo nella salute del pianeta. 🌎💧 #SIN2025 #GreenNephroSIN

A major study in JAMA Network Open links air pollution composition—not just quantity—to kidney transplant outcomes. Nearly 200,000 recipients were analyzed across the US. 🌍
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🌱 Dialysis saves lives. But each year it can emit up to 10 tons of CO₂ per patient. Kidney care carries one of the heaviest environmental footprints in modern medicine—demanding a paradigm shift.

🌍 Annual CO₂ from haemodialysis: 3,818–10,200 kg per patient—equal to driving up to 72,909 km. Peritoneal dialysis is lighter but still a major burden. The ecological footprint of renal replacement therapies can’t be ignored.

1/ 🚰 New JAMA Network Open study: Long-term exposure to brominated trihalomethanes (THMs) in chlorinated drinking water—even below current limits—was linked to higher #CKD risk in >89,000 women over 13 years.
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