News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
December 18, 2014
JRC’s EU Reference Laboratory for alternatives to animal testing launches a genotoxicity and carcinogenicity database
Topics: JRC
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December 17, 2014
Changes proposed by the EC to the authorization process might jeopardize intentions of REACH
Topics: REACH, regulation
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December 17, 2014
New study reports on the first Europe-wide biomonitoring project in 17 countries
Topics: biomonitoring
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December 16, 2014
BPA-free thermoplastic resins evaluated for estrogenic activity, four out of 14 resins released estrogenic chemicals
Topics: bisphenol A
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December 16, 2014
Toxicity data for 328 pesticides included into the TTC database, experimental and theoretical risk assessments evaluated
Topics: risk assessment, TTC
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December 16, 2014
U.S. and EU organize a joint workshop to deepen collaboration in nanosafety research, to be held in March 2015 in Italy
Topics: nanomaterials
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December 15, 2014
ECHA’s Member State Committee agreed to classify DEHP not only as a reprotoxicant, but also as an endocrine disruptor in the environment
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December 15, 2014
Scientific opinion on bisphenol A to be published in January 2015
Topics: bisphenol A, EFSA
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December 12, 2014
Prenatal exposure to PFAAs and DDE may be associated with T4 levels in infants, Dutch study shows
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December 11, 2014
Children of mothers with high exposure to DnBP and DiBP shown to have lower IQ levels
Topics: phthalates
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