Gianluca Liva is an Italian science journalist and science communicator.

Gianluca is one of the founders of RADAR Magazine, website of an Italian collective of science, investigative and environmental journalists and photographers.

He covers environmental crimes, toxicology and the social impacts of pollution. He contributes or has contributed to Le Scienze (Scientific American), MIND, VICE Media Group LCC, European Science Media Hub (ESMH) and other media. As a science communicator, he has worked with UN Environment Program, UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN).

Basic information

Name
Gianluca Liva
Title
Science journalist
Expertise
environmental crimes, toxicology
Country
Italy
City
Udine
Links

Supported projects

Bosnian Birds, Italian Bullets

  • Corruption
  • Environment
  • Trafficking

LIVNO — In Bosnia and Herzegovina, many quails are killed by Italian hunters, and environmentalists are concerned that wildlife crime is rapidly growing out of control. A team of investigative journalists travelled to Bosnia and Serbia and busted an illegal hunting operation.

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Forever Lobbying Project

  • Environment
  • Industry

BRUSSELS - Over a year, a team of 46 journalists in 16 countries investigated an ongoing massive, orchestrated lobbying and disinformation campaign led by the PFAS industry and their allied organisations to water down a proposal to ban “forever chemicals” in the EU and shift the burden of environmental pollution onto society, threatening the economic equilibrium of European nations.

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Food, Water, and PFAS: Investigating Grassroot Solutions to Chemical Pollution

  • Environment
  • Industry

PRAGUE - PFAS, a family of extremely hazardous chemicals linked to severe health issues, have been found in drinking water and vegetables, among others all over Europe. Against all odds, local communities and researchers across Europe are acting to find solutions to PFAS contamination in their food and water.

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Katerina Hefler

The Forever Pollution Project

  • Environment
  • Industry

BRUSSELS - EU - Nearly 23,000 sites all over Europe are contaminated by the “forever chemical” PFAS, an exclusive, months-long investigation from 18 European newsrooms shows. The investigation “The Forever Pollution Project” revealed an additional 21,500 presumptive contamination sites due to current or past industrial activity. This contamination spreads all over Europe.

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