News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
December 4, 2014
Food Packaging Forum addresses plastic recycling; processes, regulations, market data and safety issues included
Topics: recycling
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December 2, 2014
Study finds moderate concentrations of urinary BPA associated with overall delayed menarche in adolescent girls
Topics: bisphenol A
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December 1, 2014
EFSA considers a polymeric antistatic additive in hydrophobic plastics safe for food contact
Topics: EFSA, regulation
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December 1, 2014
Freely available “EDCs DataBank” contains three-dimensional structures of 615 molecules, suitable for virtual screening
Topics: endocrine disruptor
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November 28, 2014
New study finds phenols and parabens in urine, milk and serum of North Carolina women
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November 27, 2014
New study shows terephthalic acid to have estrogenic effects and induce DNA damage
Topics: PET
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November 26, 2014
FCMs containing nanoparticles require special attention
Topics: nanomaterials, regulation
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November 26, 2014
U.S. researchers synthesize renewable polymeric materials, light-induced degradation occurs in three hours
Topics: bioplastics
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November 25, 2014
The EU Commission's JRC publishes a comprehensive overview on safety assessment of chemical mixtures
Topics: JRC, mixture toxicity
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November 25, 2014
55 organizations addressed a critical letter to the Commission, DEHP ban in PVC plastic required
Topics: European Commission, phthalates
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