Euronews Tech Talks

With the beauty industry booming, how much do we really know about the products we apply onto our skin and the regulations making sure they are safe?

In this second episode on microplastics, Euronews Tech Talks explores the relationship between cosmetics, microbeads and how they affect us with environmental lawyer Hélène Duguy and environmental chemist Iseult Lynch.

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The word “microplastics” appeared for the first time in 2004, coined by Richard Thompson, now a marine biology professor at the University of Plymouth.

Over the past 22 years, microplastics have gained increasing attention, but questions about them still seem to outnumber what we actually know.

In this Q&A episode of Euronews Tech Talks, we pose your questions to Heather Leslie, an independent scientist from Amsterdam, and Francesco Regoli, vice rector for research at the Polytechnic University of Marche.

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Exploring Everyday Microplastic Exposures - Leslie DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19360361

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On the occasion of World Oceans Day (8 June), Euronews Tech Talks explores how satellites and artificial intelligence can contribute to ocean monitoring and protection with Alain Arnaud, director of the digital ocean programme at the French-based organisation Mercator Ocean International.

Mercator’s flagship product is the European Digital Twin Ocean (EDITO), a virtual replica of the ocean, accessible online and free of charge. The project is set to become fully operational by 2030, but how does it work?

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The European Digital Twin Ocean: https://dive.edito.eu/

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What are digital rights? How does content moderation work on social media platforms? Is GDPR truly holding Big Tech companies accountable?

To answer these and more of your questions, Euronews Tech Talks sits down with Gloria González Fuster, research professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, specialising in digitalisation and rights, and Silvia Semenzin, a researcher at AI Forensics with a background in digital sociology.

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After Australia became the first country in the world to ban social media for under-16s, debates over similar measures have spread across Europe.

Euronews Tech Talks explores this strategy with European teenagers and two experts: neuropsychiatrist and member of the supervisory board of the Belgian association Kids Unplugged, Theo Compernolle and sociologist and vice-coordinator of the research network EU Kids Online, Giovanna Mascheroni.

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