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

February 11, 2013

EC report on REACH concludes that EU is safer and stirs debate

EC Report reviewing REACH concludes that chemical safety in the EU has increased significantly, critics point to slow market removal of hazardous substances

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February 11, 2013

What are the reasons for declining fertility in men?

French study finds declining fertility amongst French men since the 1990s, researchers speculate about the reasons

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February 11, 2013

Biomonitoring of melamine after plastic bowl use

Taiwanese researchers measure increased levels of melamine in people after consumption of a hot soup from melamine plastic table ware

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February 11, 2013

Safety concerns regarding triclosan persist

Regulatory safety evaluation of triclosan comes under critique as FDA review is delayed

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February 6, 2013

Non-profit group finds nanomaterials from packaging in food

Non-profit group finds titanium dioxide nanomaterial from packaging in donuts

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February 5, 2013

EFSA: Scientific Committee meets to discuss endocrine disruption

EFSA’s Scientific Committee will discuss endocrine disruption and chemical mixtures during its plenary session

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February 4, 2013

New study: Chronic diseases caused by chemical exposures in great-grandmothers

Epigenetic mechanisms thought to be responsible for health effects in rat offspring after great-grandmothers were exposed to a chemical mixture during pregnancy

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February 4, 2013

New scientific study compares migrants, toxicity of glass and PET

French researchers find migrants from PET, glass into bottled waters and test for mutagenicity, cytotoxicity and endocrine disruption
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January 31, 2013

EFSA publishes report of member state meeting on BPA

EFSA made a full report of the EU Member State meeting on BPA in October available online

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January 31, 2013

Lower threshold for nanomaterial registration under REACH

The German Ministry of Occupational Safety and Health suggests lowering the REACH registration threshold for nanomaterials to 100kg/year

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