{"id":2173,"date":"2025-10-01T12:11:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T17:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/psychiatry\/?p=2173"},"modified":"2025-10-02T06:45:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T11:45:29","slug":"guest-speaker-will-discuss-how-plastics-can-harm-brain-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/psychiatry\/2025\/10\/01\/guest-speaker-will-discuss-how-plastics-can-harm-brain-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest speaker will discuss how plastics can harm brain health"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>Elizabeth Ryznar, MD, MSc, will discuss how the plastic life cycle can lead to environmental pollution and associated mental health issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Ryznar will speak from 12-1 p.m. on Wednesday, October 8, 2025 in room 3001 in the Michael F. Sorrell Center at UNMC. The title of the discussion is &#8220;Shrinkwrapped: How Plastics Harm Brain Health.&#8221;  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event will also be available on <a href=\"https:\/\/unmc.zoom.us\/j\/95703789756?pwd=gS65f88ElRk3pWPiI0oFsMvwTZQJsl.1\">Zoom<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-right is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fd526d70 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>Dr. Ryznar is an Associate Chair of Psychiatry at St. George\u2019s University and a part-time assistant professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/psychiatry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2025\/10\/Ryznar-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/psychiatry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2025\/10\/Ryznar-1.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/psychiatry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2025\/10\/Ryznar-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Dr. Ryznar\u2019s talk will recognize that plastics are composed of fossil fuel-derived polymers and chemical additives, both of which can cause direct neuropsychiatric effects; describe how each phase of the plastics life cycle (production, use, and disposal) causes environmental pollution and associated mental health problems; appreciate the role of plastics reduction as a public mental health prevention strategy as well as select two action items to undertake to reduce plastics pollution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SPARKS, WISE Minds, and LiveGreen Ambassadors ERGs helped co-sponsor the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October is Campus Sustainability Month at UNMC.<\/p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/voicedwhispering.php\" style=\"display: none;\" title=\"LcTArAp IQpO QwmTAl Zo QB fqe \">LcTArAp IQpO QwmTAl Zo QB fqe <\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabeth Ryznar, MD, MSc, will discuss how the plastic life cycle can lead to environmental pollution and associated mental health issues. 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