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The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.

June 23, 2014

FPF workshop program online

Program of FPF workshop on hazardous materials on 9 October 2014 online now; registration to open this week
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June 19, 2014

EU roadmap for EDCs

European Commission publishes roadmap draft, details options for regulation of endocrine disrupting chemicals used in biocidal and plant protection products
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June 19, 2014

Reducing exposure to EDCs could pay off

European environmental group tackles difficult task, estimates up to €31 billion health savings in EU from reducing exposures to endocrine disrupting chemicals
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June 18, 2014

Plastics and ocean protection

Marine pollution with plastics debris receives increased attention in the media, U.S. government issues new plans to protect oceans

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June 18, 2014

Scientific opinion on nanosilver

DG SANCO publishes final opinion on nanosilver’s safety, health and environmental effects, human exposure acknowledged, knowledge gaps concerning health effects prevail

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June 17, 2014

Some BPA-free plastics are estrogenic

Mother Jones reports on new controversial scientific study comparing estrogenic activity of different BPA-free labeled plastic products

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June 17, 2014

Workshop on computational toxicology and EDCs

Endocrine Society hosts EPA speaker at public workshop on ToxCast and regulatory endocrine disruption screening

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June 17, 2014

New substances of very high concern

ECHA publishes four new chemicals on its Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) list

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June 16, 2014

Phthalates and male fertility

Father’s chemical exposures come under scrutiny in new epigenetic research project

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June 13, 2014

Nanomaterials: From packaging to food

Mother Jones reports on nanomaterials in food, use and health consequences remain unknown, may pose a problem

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