Andrey Ethan Rubin

Postdoc fellow at Duke University, Environmental Science and Engineering.
Cycling, running, and trips in nature.
🏳️‍🌈 and a young father.

[Andrey Ethan Rubin @AndreyEthanRub]

Check our recent study showing that #PET #microfibers post effluent treatment increases roughness and oxidation ✅️
*BUT DO NOT*
Sorption of organic micropollutants, including #PFAS ❌️
And acute #toxicity on human cells ❌️
Is it good/bad?
⬇️⬇️
https://t.co/TIJrEKfacj

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@ZuckerLab @PBovolin #nanoplastic
#toxicity
#model
#Research

[InesZucker @ZuckerLab]

Check out our new study:🐟
Environmentally relevant nanoplastics cause developmental toxicity & stress responses in zebrafish, delaying hatching, stunting growth, and impairing movement. @PBovolin @AndreyEthanRub @yoavgothlif
https://t.co/L2EbhSfEDu

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@DimiAbrams @TelAvivUni @ZuckerLab It was a pleasure to have you with us! Great talk and really exciting about our future collaboration.

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😓 Humanity

[Moms Clean Air Force @CleanAirMoms]

What is the need? 🤔

#plasticpollution

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@UniTelAviv @TelAvivUni @Tel_Aviv_Uni @SciTotEnv https://t.co/dCW63Zqy9c

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@DeniseMitrano Agree!

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@ZuckerLab @Plasticsimpact
@MoorePlasticRes
@mpteam1806
@ToMExApp
@OpenSpecy
@MicroplasticLab
@SETAC_plastics
@microplastics_
@MicroplasticsH
@MicroPlastic101
@UK_Microplastic

[InesZucker @ZuckerLab]

Microplastic risk assessment in marine environments should integrate critical factors such as their abundance, acidification potential, fragmentation, and toxicity. Our recent study shows that polypropylene-often used in food packaging-is highly hazardous: https://t.co/S35DgqNNoV

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Scientific milestone,
My first 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ citations 🫠 - Yay!
#microplastic #scientists
@ZuckerLab

[David Ho @_david_ho_]

This is not normal.

[Prof. Laura Carter @CarterL_J]

And that’s a wrap! It’s been a pleasure to host these wonderful people at @UniversityLeeds and @SoGLeeds for our Wohl Clean Growth Alliance workshop on emerging #contaminants in agro-ecosystems. I look forward to seeing new collaborations and research projects emerge from this 🚜

[IPEN: toxics-free @ToxicsFree]

Plastic “Recycling Could Create a ‘Ridiculous’ Amount of Microplastics”
♻️☠️

“UN has warned that chemicals in #microplastics are associated with serious health impacts including
👥changes to human genetics
🧠brain development
🤰🏻reproduction
https://t.co/wYUrjbHTnT @insideclimate

[Andrey Ethan Rubin @AndreyEthanRub]

@Emilys_MicroLab Agree!

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https://t.co/3F4hSHsBr5

[Andrey Ethan Rubin @AndreyEthanRub]

Just out of curiosity, yesterday I tried to create an images containing the words #microplastic, #pollutants, #wastewatertreatment using #AI...and the results...are pretty upsetting :(
You may ask why? The images looks amazing (!), but the content is so wrong...

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https://t.co/5Kuhr7rBZn

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The differences between microbeads and real microplastic (Science of the Total Environment (STOTEN) and our protocol to create microplastics of high environmental relevance (ES&T) are in the comments - not for higher citations, but for a better science!
@ZuckerLab

[Andrey Ethan Rubin @AndreyEthanRub]

Real microplastics are *not* spherical beads, but the AI doesn't know that - and relies on large amounts of publications using spherical particles as a model for micro and nanoplastic, so that's the result.