{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/94050410-34f0-4058-a3fb-147c626a0556/63df81017632310011bcfe16?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Dr Charlene Trestrail on how the human body is affected by microplastics (& what to do about it)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60d210a657a97011aa9023d8/1675591134315-14a89c0940af6f9138e7829aff34a97c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>We kick off Season 5 with a fantastic chat with Dr Charlene Trestrail - a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Technology Sydney. Charlene's particular speciality is understanding how microplastics threaten the animals we need to keep our ecosystems healthy. In this chat, we take a journey through the digestive system (like a microplastic!) and talk about how the different organs in the body are affected by microplastics - and how to minimise our ingestion of microplastics.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Useful links:</p><ul><li>Dr Charlene Trestrail on Linkedin (<a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlenetrestrail/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>)</li><li>RMIT <a href=\"https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2022/mar/mussels-microplastics\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">article </a>\"<em>Eating plastic makes for smaller mussels</em>\"</li><li>Journal <a href=\"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.1c03924\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">paper</a> \"<em>Analysis of Microplastics in Human Feces Reveals a Correlation between Fecal Microplastics and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Status</em>\"</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For further information about Ocean Protect, check us out at&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.oceanprotect.com.au/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.oceanprotect.com.au</a></p>","author_name":"Ocean Protect"}