The PERTH Trial

The PERTH Trial The Plastic Exposure Reduction Transforms Health Trial at the University of Western Australia

Are you concerned about plastic chemicals like BPA, BPS and phthalates in your food?Keep up with the latest research and...
25/02/2026

Are you concerned about plastic chemicals like BPA, BPS and phthalates in your food?
Keep up with the latest research and sign up to our mailing list ⬆️ Link in bio

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Are you interested in how exposure to plastics might impact fertility?The PERTH Trial is a plastic reduction, lifestyle ...
02/02/2026

Are you interested in how exposure to plastics might impact fertility?
The PERTH Trial is a plastic reduction, lifestyle study, at the UWA Medical School. Researchers are looking at ways to improve health by reducing plastics in our day-to-day lives. Stage 4 of the PERTH Trial is looking at male fertility.
Interested community members will advise researchers on the best way to run the trial, approach sensitive questions, and guide the research.
If you have lived experience of male infertility, either yourself or someone close to you, please fill in the Expression of Interest form (link in bio ⬆️) and one of the PERTH Trial team will be in touch.

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Announcing … Stage 4 of The PERTH Trial: Plastics & Fertility.Infertility is on the rise in Australia and we’d like to k...
29/01/2026

Announcing … Stage 4 of The PERTH Trial: Plastics & Fertility.
Infertility is on the rise in Australia and we’d like to know WHY.
Are plastics part of the problem?
Follow and share to learn how you can be involved.

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Huge congratulations to Professor Michaela Lucas and her Transplant Team on being awarded a National Health and Medical ...
15/01/2026

Huge congratulations to Professor Michaela Lucas and her Transplant Team on being awarded a National Health and Medical Research Council 2025 Ideas Grant! The project will investigate new targeted treatments for transplant patients.
“The strategies aim to prevent early rejection following transplant surgery and to improve long-term outcomes and quality of life for transplant recipients,” says Prof Lucas.
Full story via link in bio ⬆️

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from everyone at The PERTH Trial! 🎄💕See you in 2026!
18/12/2025

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from everyone at The PERTH Trial! 🎄💕
See you in 2026!

Plastic free! 🙌While we can’t avoid plastic altogether, it’s great to see non-plastic alternatives becoming available. E...
17/12/2025

Plastic free! 🙌
While we can’t avoid plastic altogether, it’s great to see non-plastic alternatives becoming available. Especially at 🎄

How often do you look around a supermarket and feel overwhelmed at the amount of plastic packaging? Once you’ve seen it,...
11/12/2025

How often do you look around a supermarket and feel overwhelmed at the amount of plastic packaging? Once you’ve seen it, it’s hard to un-see! 👀🫣

Making a deliberate choice to minimise plastic exposure as a consumer is not always a straightforward equation, but awareness is the first step.

Research from The PERTH Trial is beginning to unravel the effects of all this plastic on our bodies. We are finding essential answers every step of the way, and this is only the beginning.
World-leading research like this brings hope for a healthier future 🙌

The PERTH Trial is made possible by 🙏

Make your gifts plastic-free this Christmas! 🎄 Yes, it takes a little more thought, but this is the season for being tho...
08/12/2025

Make your gifts plastic-free this Christmas! 🎄

Yes, it takes a little more thought, but this is the season for being thoughtful and kind, after all 😇

These gorgeous boxes were put together using local suppliers. Tags were printed on recycled stock, and tied with cotton string. No stickers or sticky tape was used.

If you’d like to keep up with our research on the impacts of plastic on human health, follow the link in our bio 👆

The PERTH Trial is made possible by 🙏

If you missed Professor Michaela Lucas speaking about ‘Plastic People’ and the effects of plastic exposure on human heal...
21/11/2025

If you missed Professor Michaela Lucas speaking about ‘Plastic People’ and the effects of plastic exposure on human health at ‘s Raise the Bar event, you can now listen to the full recording on Soundcloud - link in bio ⬆️

This is what science communication looks like! 🙌Professor Michaela Lucas answering thoughtful questions from a packed cr...
29/10/2025

This is what science communication looks like! 🙌Professor Michaela Lucas answering thoughtful questions from a packed crowd at last night on the health impacts of plastic exposure! 🤩🤩
Thank you to for organising Raise the Bar - what a fantastic initiative 🎉
And to whose invaluable support of The PERTH Trial makes this research possible.

  people! 👋 This is your opportunity to hear directly from leading plastics and human health researcher and clinician, P...
13/10/2025

people! 👋
This is your opportunity to hear directly from leading plastics and human health researcher and clinician, Professor Michaela Lucas, speaking at a free public event at
5.30pm 28 October
Free tickets available here (be quick!) https://www.rtbevent.com/michaela-lucas
Link in bio ⬆️

The PERTH Trial exists to find answers to the urgent questions surrounding the effects of plastic exposure on human heal...
01/09/2025

The PERTH Trial exists to find answers to the urgent questions surrounding the effects of plastic exposure on human health.

The protocol paper for Stage 3 has now been published in BMJ Open:

“Bisphenols and phthalates are classes of plastic associated chemicals (PACs) that disrupt endocrine function by interfering with the activity of nuclear and steroidal hormone receptors.
These widespread environmental toxins are linked to human infertility, autoimmune and metabolic conditions, among others.
However, the full extent of their pathobiological impact is not known.
Furthermore, whether endocrine disruption can be reversed by reducing exposure to plastics and PAC remains to be demonstrated.”

https://lnkd.in/g2dDkrcV (link in bio ⬆️)

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