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Brighton Café Scientifique – Glass fibre composites – a new ‘forever material’?
With Dr Corina Ciocan
October 9 @ 7:15 pm – 9:30 pm
- DOORS: 7.15pm
- SPEAKER: 8.00pm
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Over the past 80 years, glass reinforced plastic boats (GRP or composite boats) have become a mainstay of the boating industry while little attention has been given to the consequences of GRP degradation or boat disposal. Recent studies reveal widespread glass fibre pollution in heavily trafficked waterways while research and policy lag behind. With over one million GRP boats reaching the end of their life each year, disposal and recycling solutions that protect aquatic life and human health are urgently needed.
A marine biologist, Corina Ciocan’s expertise is in Ecotoxicology (the impact of environmental stressors on aquatic organisms). She has been a Principal Lecturer at the University of Brighton since 2012; prior to this, Corina was a full-time Researcher at the University of Sussex, part of the Aquatic Toxicology group. She is involved in a wide range of national and international research programmes, with focus on aquatic contamination. She has published scientific articles and books and her studies have been heavily referenced in numerous publications and television programs around the world. She is considered a pioneer in efforts to highlight coastal degradation, but also the lack of environmental protection legislation.
