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

February 20, 2013

Mineral oil, DIPN migration from paperboard

New study of mineral oil and diisopropyl naphthalene migration from paper and board under different storage conditions, storage durations and temperatures

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February 19, 2013

Breaking News: WHO and UNEP publish EDC report

WHO and UNEP State of the Science report calls uncertainties and knowledge gaps on EDCs too important to ignore, better testing methods and more comprehensive research required

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February 19, 2013

Post- and prenatal BPA exposure associated with BMI

CHAMACOS study links prenatal BPA exposure to lowered BMI and postnatal BPA exposure to increased BMI

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February 18, 2013

Perfluorinated compounds linked to osteoarthritis, association not significant

New study links PFOS and PFOA exposure to osteoarthritis in women but association does not reach significance

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February 15, 2013

New York: Bloomberg to propose ban of polystyrene food packaging

New York’s mayor Bloomberg tries to increase plastic recycling through banning plastic foam food packaging

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February 14, 2013

Germany: Anthraquinone no longer recommended for food packaging

BfR withdraws anthraquinone recommendation for food packaging after reevaluation of migration

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February 14, 2013

Research initiative for safe nanomaterials

U.S. NIEHS publishes research program to evaluate the health and safety effects of nanomaterials

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February 13, 2013

Experts call for more transparency on chemical data

Making raw data used in chemical evaluations publicly available would increase transparency of regulatory decisions

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February 12, 2013

New study finds US baby boomers unhealthier than previous generation

Baby boomer generation found to suffer more from chronic disease, and have lower self-rated health despite improved health care and longer life expectancy

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February 11, 2013

BPA causes abnormal breast growth in mice

Study connects prenatal low dose exposure to BPA with abnormal breast growth in mice

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