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Amber van den Akker

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Research associate at the University of Bath | Researching commercial influence on public health policy and multi-stakeholder partnerships.

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Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco

First three episodes live now!

Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco First three episodes live now!

✨ The first three episodes of Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco are out now! ✨

🔔 Subscribe on your preferred podcast platform and join us as we hold this deadly industry to account.

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@uniofbath.bsky.social

28.01.2025 09:15 👍 9 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 4
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Industry using ‘tobacco playbook’ to fend off ‘forever chemicals’ regulation Industry-funded research and exaggerated claims litter arguments made by fluoropolymer industry against stricter regulation

"Efforts to restrict the production of plastic “forever chemicals” that could threaten public health have been met with a large-scale coordinated attack by the multibillion pound industries that make and use them"

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

14.01.2025 07:47 👍 23 🔁 17 💬 1 📌 0

Excited to announce I‘ve been awarded a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship - starting this month, I‘ll be exploring why the meat production & consumption remains marginal in global debates about climate mitigation 🌱🐄 @leverhulme.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social

07.01.2025 11:56 👍 162 🔁 9 💬 17 📌 0

Feeling very honoured to have received the Ilona Kickbusch Early Career Research. A massive thank you to the panel at @healthpromint.bsky.social @docsamantha.bsky.social and to my co-authors Alice Fabbri, Adam Bertscher, Anna Gilmore, Cecile Knai, @nickcavill.bsky.social and @harryrutter.bsky.social

18.12.2024 13:44 👍 19 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 2
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IPBES report sees climate, nature and food challenges interlinked A new approach is needed to tackle the interlinked crises afflicting the planet, scientists warn.

Global science review concludes tackling climate change, nature loss & food insecurity as ' siloed' separate issues won't work

Biodiversity loss is costing economy up to a quarter of global GDP, $25trillion

Delayed action on biodiversity could double eventual costs

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

17.12.2024 13:28 👍 127 🔁 53 💬 3 📌 7

Transparency of financial conflicts of interest does not mean there is no vested interest 👏🙌

28.11.2024 06:47 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0