Olga Speranskaya
@olgahej.bsky.social
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Co-founder and co-director at Health and Environment Justice Support (HEJSupport) Committed to a toxic-free future, environment and health justice. Goldman Environmental Prize 2009 and UNEP Champion of the Earth (2011). PhD (Physics). https://hej-support.o
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Olga Speranskaya
@olgahej.bsky.social
· Jul 28
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HEJSupport
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· Jul 25
Building a world without toxins - Real life stories
Non-Profit Podcast · How do toxins affect our lives, and what can we do about it? There are around 350.000 chemicals on the market; many of them are in the products we use, and many are harmful to our...
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HEJSupport
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· Jul 23
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HEJSupport
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· Jul 21
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Olga Speranskaya
@olgahej.bsky.social
· Jul 7
Plastic for dinner? Why Southeast Asians may have the most microplastics in their bodies
Microplastics have permeated the region’s food chain, hitting countries like Indonesia and the Philippines the hardest. The programme Insight looks at the health risks and what is being done to boot p...
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· Jul 2
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@olgahej.bsky.social
· Jun 5
HEJSupport
@hejsupport.bsky.social
· Jun 5
Exclusive: Toxic Beauty Creams Threaten Millions in Sri Lanka
by Our Correspondent in Colombo A grave public health crisis is unfolding in Sri Lanka as the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has released a damning report exposing dozens of widely-used...
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Olga Speranskaya
@olgahej.bsky.social
· Jun 2
HEJSupport
@hejsupport.bsky.social
· Jun 2
The Health Crisis That Could Make Or Break The UN Plastics Treaty - Health Policy Watch
When delegates gather for the final session of UN Environment Programme (UNEP) led talks in Geneva in August, known as INC-5.2, around 1.2 billion tonnes of unrecycled plastic waste will have been pro...
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Olga Speranskaya
@olgahej.bsky.social
· May 24
Why is it important to achieve transparency of information on chemicals in products?
A side event on the transparency and traceability of chemicals in products was held at the BRS COPs on May 7. It was organized by HEJSupport, SSNC, and groundWork South Africa, and moderated by Kei
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Olga Speranskaya
@olgahej.bsky.social
· Mar 4
Impacts of spilled debris from the X-Press Pearl disaster in Sri Lanka on marine plankton
Accidents of ships carrying diverse hazardous chemicals and plastics can lead to complex spills of pollutants in marine ecosystems. One such incident …
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Olga Speranskaya
@olgahej.bsky.social
· Feb 1
Trump's halting of EPA limits on PFAS in drinking water "a tragic setback," Long Island environmentalist says
President Donald Trump withdrew a Biden administration plan to set new limits on chemical discharge into drinking water, worrying some Long Island leaders.
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Olga Speranskaya
@olgahej.bsky.social
· Jan 24
NGOs Support Libreville Declaration to End Mercury-added Skin Lightening Cosmetics - Zero Mercury
Thursday 23 January 2025 Libreville, Gabon—On Wednesday 22nd January, 2025, Ministers adopted a declaration calling for the elimination of mercury-added skin lightening products [1]. Non-government o...
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Olga Speranskaya
@olgahej.bsky.social
· Jan 18
Presence of Perfluorohexanoic Acid in Fluoroelastomer Watch Bands
Many “smart” and “fitness” watch bands are advertised to contain fluoroelastomers, a type of synthetic rubber designed to be resilient against skin oils and sweat. Fluoroelastomers, which are consider...
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