January 18, 2023
  • Juan José Alava was interviewed by Mélinda Trochu (from CBC/Radio-Canada) to react to the 2021-2022 Waste Composition Data released by Metro Vancouver report. Click here to learn more. 

 

  • Juan José Alava was invited for a TV interview by Carol Xu from FairchildTV to talk about the Federal government ban of six categories of single-use plastics in Canada, microplastic and plastic marine pollution and how does microplastic affect marine life and our health? On June 21, 2022. Can West-Health (0:10 /2:32). Click here to learn more.

 

  • Juan José Alava was invited as guest for a radio interview with Jas Johal for The Jas Johal Show (980 CKNW) to discuss the new Federal Plastic ban on June 20, at 10:57 minutes (00:31 / 11:29 minutes). Click here to learn more. 

 

  • Juan José Alava was interviewed via phone by Sam Konnert (Reporter, Black Press Media) to discuss the announcement by the Canadian government to ban of six categories of single-use plastics in Canada on June 20, 2022. Click here to learn more. 

 

  • Juan José Alava was interviewed as an expert for a media request from Global News to add a comment to the Surfrider release on the first cigarette surfboard in Canada made out of cigarette butts to highlight their prevalence in beach litter in the Pacific Rim, including the effect of cigarette litter and other microplastics on ecosystems and the work that still needs to be done with regards to this marine pollution, on June 8, 2022. Click here to learn more. 

 

  • Juan José Alava was invited for a radio interview with Ben O’Hara-Byrne for World Oceans Day on June 8, 2022 (A Little More Conversation with Ben O’Hara-Byrne, 00:00 / 10:47. Click here to learn more. 

 

  • Juan José Alava was interviewed by  Nathan Griffiths (Data journalist from the Vancouver  Sun) on May 11, 2022, and quoted for a story on “Equivalent of 94 masks per person tossed into Metro Vancouver trash in 2021” published in the Vancouver Sun. Click here to learn more. 

 

  • Juan José Alava was interviewed by Xi Chen for a story published (“Death by a thousand cuts – saving the ocean and its species”) in The Source on May 13, 2022, regarding a story on ocean pollution issues for World Ocean Day. Click here to learn more. 

 

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Microplastics, Health and the Environment

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