News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
October 7, 2013
FDA staff furloughed by U.S. governments, letters of objection sent to all submitters of food contact notifications due to lack of staff
October 4, 2013
FDA approves post-consumer polypropylene to make reusable plastics
October 4, 2013
Nurses Association urges U.S. Senate to modify Chemical Safety Improvement Act, calls for substitution of harmful chemicals
October 3, 2013
Science editorial reports on EDCs, consensus on type and strength of evidence needed, balancing industry interests against health effects suggested
October 3, 2013
News organization comments on backlog of U.S. federal chemical regulation, States support Californian Chemicals of Concern list against opposition
October 3, 2013
Environmental Health Perspectives reports on transgenerational effects of EDCs, new NIEHS research to investigate mechanisms and number of chemicals involved
October 1, 2013
Californian ministry publishes candidate chemicals list, priority chemicals for alternatives to be selected by April 2014
September 30, 2013
Science journal Nature reports on endocrine disruptor persistence in the environment, EDCs broken down by sunlight re-form at night
September 30, 2013
Public consultation closed on September 20, 2013
September 30, 2013
US EPA seeks advice of National Academy of Sciences, panel to assess health and ecological risks of alternatives to chemicals of concern
