Cult predicting humanity’s end by 2036 co-hosts European Parliament nanoplastics event, spreads disinformation
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A recent conference on nanoplastics at the European Parliament is drawing scrutiny after an investigation found that its co-hosts were affiliated with an alleged religious cult that claims humanity will go extinct by 2036.
What happened?
The investigation from openDemocracy, republished by the Nepali Times, found the group, AllatRa, spread pseudoscience theories that global climate change was caused by a combination of plastic pollution and a cosmic phenomenon that occurs every 12,000 years.
Despite the widely debunked claims, the AllatRa hosted a February event at the European Parliament titled “Nanoplastics: Hidden connections and emerging risks” alongside Czech lawmaker Ondřej Knotek, the outlet reported.
OpenDemocracy noted that the event hosted panels that mixed real scientists and members of the AllatRa think tank.
While nano and microplastics are real environmental and health concerns in the scientific community, the concerns raised by openDemocracy centered on how AllatRa allegedly twists expert opinions to support its pseudoscience conclusions.
The group’s claims run against the overwhelming scientific consensus summarized by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which has found that human-caused greenhouse gas emissions are unequivocally warming the planet.
OpenDemocracy also found several scientists whose work appeared in AllatRa materials that said the group used their remarks to imply support for conclusions they did not actually back. Richard Thompson, a marine biology professor at the University of Plymouth, told the outlet: “They are splicing pieces of information together and reaching conclusions that are not supported by science.”
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