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April 10, 2015

NGO finds propyl paraben in food

Environmental Working Group detected direct and indirect food additive propyl paraben in nearly 50 US snack foods
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April 10, 2015

New toxicological science challenges food safety assessment

Society of Toxicology and U.S. Food and Drug Administration make internal training colloquia publicly available
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April 9, 2015

JRC works on cytotoxicity screening of nanomaterials

Interlaboratory comparison study identifies reproducible cytotoxicity assay for nanomaterials
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April 8, 2015

New tool for research on EDCs

Researchers develop new in vivo assay screen for potential estrogenic activity of chemicals
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April 7, 2015

EFSA changed abstract of its BPA risk assessment

Abstract of EFSA’s risk assessment now acknowledges low health concern associated with aggregate exposure to BPA
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April 2, 2015

Germany identifies data gaps in REACH dossiers

Half of REACH registration dossiers appear to contain inadequate data on SVHCs
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April 2, 2015

BPA: New window of susceptibility identified

Exposure during pregnancy affected mouse mothers’ glucose metabolism later in life
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April 1, 2015

Australia: TV show discusses chemical exposures

Episode of TV science program Catalyst entitled “Our chemical lives” now available on ABC website
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April 1, 2015

ECHA publishes list of pending biocidal applications

List published to increase transparency and raise awareness among companies
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April 1, 2015

EFSA works towards open scientific assessments

EFSA publishes editorial about its current work on risk assessment methodologies
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