Permotox

An EPA funded research project on the occurrence and sources of PERsistent, MObile and TOXic substances in Irish waters

[Permotox @permotox]

🚨 Calling all Citizen Scientists!
Join the DCU Water Blitz 💧 Sept 26–28, 2025
Help us track pesticides & persistent chemicals in Irish waters 🧪🇮🇪
No experience needed — we’ll send the kit!
🔗 Sign up now: https://t.co/0QqQxcTYB0
#WaterBlitz #CitizenScience #CleanWater

[DCU Water Institute @DCUWater]

Huge news! 🔬🌊 @DCUWater, led by Prof. Fiona Regan, secures €1.5M from @MarineInstituteIE for #MariBiome! This project pioneers non-intrusive #eDNA testing to monitor Ireland's marine health, microplastics & pollutants. Game-changing for our oceans!
https://t.co/bqg4MSPI5f

[O'Connor Research Group @DOCs_Flock]

🧪 Exciting news! Our very own Rebecca is leading the charge on the 2025 DCU Water Blitz 💧 Mark your calendars for Sept 26–28 and join us in this citizen science effort to protect our water 🌍 #DCUWaterBlitz #CitizenScience #WaterQuality

[Rebecca Smith @beccasmith2k14]

So excited for this project! Please make sure to sign up to become a Citizen Scientist and share to anyone who may be interested 🌊😁

[Permotox @permotox]

Sign up now to take part in this joint collaboration project investigating the prevalence of Persistent, Mobile, Toxic chemicals throughout Ireland 🧪🌊

[DCU Water Institute @DCUWater]

💧 Be a Citizen Scientist! Join #WaterBlitz 2025 (Sept 26–28) to help detect pesticides & chemicals in freshwater.
🧪 No science background needed
📍 Sample locally
⏱️ 30 mins
👉 Sign up by Aug 25: https://t.co/4cvlnNDyCo
#WaterQuality #CitizenScience #CleanWater #DCUWater

[Permotox @permotox]

💧 Save the Date! 💧

We're excited to announce the next DCU Water Blitz, taking place September 26–28th 2025!

This is a unique opportunity to contribute to vital environmental research and help shape policy for cleaner, safer water 🌊
More details coming soon!

[Irish Independent @Independent_ie]

How drinking water will become scarcer and more polluted as climate change impacts hit Ireland https://t.co/066zq97OcI

[Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland]

“Ireland’s plan to weaken legal protections for waterways will push many of them beyond recovery”

“the urgent need for restoration is clear.”

“Instead, they will face a future as engineered channels.”

Good explanation of the issue by @ellamcsweeney 👇

https://t.co/psa45rcBRy

[RTÉ News @rtenews]

More than 60 world leaders, government delegations, marine experts, climate activists, businesses and community representatives are meeting in Nice for the United Nations Ocean Conference https://t.co/KkfbvLLFJj

[DCU Water Institute @DCUWater]

🌍💧 This #WorldWaterDay, we highlight the urgent need for clean water access—2.2B people still lack safe drinking water.

At DCU Water Institute, we're tackling water challenges through:
🌊 Quality monitoring
🔬 Contaminant research
🤝 Global collaboration

[DCU Water Institute @DCUWater]

☕ Join us for our first Water Café of 2025!: Environmental antibiotics in urban water 🦠💦

Don’t miss this opportunity to engage over coffee and conversation!

📅 February 28th| Hybrid (Online & DCU)
🔗 Register here: https://t.co/Coa7q6vn4O

[DCU Water Institute @DCUWater]

Join us for our first Water Café: Understanding Environmental Antibiotic Resistance in Urban Waters 💧🦠

📅 Date: Friday, February 28th
⏰ Time: 2:00 PM (Irish Time)
📍 Location: Online & at DCU

Featuring special guest Nicole Fahrenfeld

Register now: https://t.co/czCMDnkKfe

[DCU Water Institute @DCUWater]

🔬🌍 Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science at DCU Water Institute! 💙💧

From pioneering water monitoring technologies to driving climate resilience research, the incredible women at DCU Water are making waves in science, innovation, and sustainability. 🌊✨

[INVEST pFASST - DCU Water Institute @INVESTpFASST]

Water Research on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
https://t.co/4mkgy84d5z
@EPAResearchNews @DCU_Research @DCUWater #epa #DCU #PFAS #EPAIrelandResearch

[Permotox @permotox]

What great day taking water samples on Lough Greagh, Co. Monaghan as part of our ongoing sampling campaign 🌊🧑‍🔬

[ZeroPM @ZeroPM_H2020]

Why are #TFA and other #PFAS planetary boundary threat?

In a new #ZeroPM video, Ian Cousins, Hans Peter Arp and Emma Palm are interviewed by Sarah Hale to discuss their analysis on this issue.

https://t.co/76egYg5tWt

#planetaryboundaries

[ZeroPM @ZeroPM_H2020]

📚ZeroPM Regulatory Watch Update December 2024 Headlines:

-EU Commission proposes ban on pesticides that degrade to #TFA
-Alternative options to #PFAS ban in certain sectors
-Denmark bans #PFAS in textiles
-@EU_ECHA publishes #CLP Guideline

+ more

https://t.co/L3lRf8e9go

[DCU Water Institute @DCUWater]

📺 Tune in tonight at 8:30 PM on RTE One's 10 Things to Know About!

Our director, Fiona Regan, shares her research on the occurrence and impact of PFAS— "forever chemicals"—in Irish waters. Don't miss it! 🌊🔬

[Environmental Science & Technology Journals @EnvSciTech]

In this ES&T perspective, @hanspeterarp discusses the potential long-term, irreversible impacts from the rapidly increasing #emissions of #TriFluoroaceticAcid and calls for immediate action to reduce emissions of TFA and its precursors.

#OpenAccess: https://t.co/OjJIvJuPDd

[Hans Peter Arp @hanspeterarp]

#TFA is a global threat. In @EnvSciTech we argue that its unprecedent rise to be the most dominant #PFAS in water, blood and plants, along with what we don't know about chronic impacts, require #precaution and #innovation for lowering emissions.

https://t.co/X7dMLUVuLb