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December 9, 2013

Marine plastic debris pollutes food chain

Marine plastic pollution harms wildlife, transfers persistent organic pollutants into the food chain

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December 9, 2013

FACET goes online

Dietary exposure tool is now available online, allows the inclusion of new substances not covered in the pre-loaded database

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December 9, 2013

Presence of BPA substitutes in Chinese Food

FPF reports on new study investigating bisphenol contamination of Chinese food, BPA continues to be most important contaminant in China

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December 6, 2013

Symposium on health impact of nanomaterials

US research institute discusses environmental and human health impact of nanomaterials, scientists suggest high throughput screening to control adverse impact

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December 6, 2013

Sweden adopts future chemicals policy

Sweden adopts new strategy towards a non-toxic environment, proposes to work on chemical groups to accelerate phase-out of dangerous substances

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December 5, 2013

Letter to the authors of BPA oral absorption study

EHP publishes a letter to Gayrard et al. and the researchers’ response, points to differences in BPA exposure throughout the body

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December 5, 2013

U.S. state senate kills new priority chemicals bill

Maine Senate votes to reject bill listing potential priority chemicals, bill considered a sham by Environmental Health groups and Democrats

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December 5, 2013

BPA and migraines

News agency Mail reports on link between food contact substance and migraines, change in diet may reduce headache frequency and severity

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December 4, 2013

France: 1st nanomaterial directory

France publishes results from nanomaterial reporting scheme, more than 243 substances registered

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December 3, 2013

NGO criticizes industry nomination for EFSA

DG Sanco nominates FoodDrinkEurope candidate for EFSA management board, Corporate Europe Observatory criticizes industry links of 2014 nominees

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