French researchers find migrants from PET, glass into bottled waters and test for mutagenicity, cytotoxicity and endocrine disruption
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febrero 4, 2013
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abril 21, 2015
Study evaluates migration of silver nanoparticles from FCMs
Ionic silver but no silver nanoparticles migrated from FCMs into food simulants
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agosto 14, 2013
Safety of food additives questioned
Knowledge gaps for 80% of food additives, including food contact substances, hinder proper safety assessment and may be a public health problem, finds new study by The Pew Charitable Trusts scientists
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mayo 27, 2016
Environmental chemicals and child health
Scientists review epidemiological evidence on associations between environmental pollutants and child health; find ‘moderate’ evidence for perfluorooctanoate and reduced fetal growth; literature on bisphenol A and phthalates ‘inconsistent’
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enero 9, 2017
Workshop on opaque and difficult to recycle PET
Petcore Europe hosts workshop on opaque and difficult to recycle PET containers and holds annual conference on February 1-2, 2017 in Brussels
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abril 20, 2015
Phthalate exposure of Japanese families
Japanese researchers find urinary concentrations of phthalate metabolites in children to be higher in comparison to their parents
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febrero 20, 2015
Diglycidyl ethers of BPA and BPF detected in humans
Diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (BADGE) and bisphenol F (BFDGE) measured in human blood plasma and adipose fat
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noviembre 6, 2014
Polyester monomers shown not to produce hormonal activity
New study evaluates the androgenic and estrogenic potential of polyester monomers
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agosto 5, 2013
BPA disrupts human egg maturation
New study investigates effect of BPA exposure on human egg development and infers link to infertility
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abril 29, 2015
Herbs and spices in active food packaging
Review on use of herbs, spices and their bioactive compounds in active packaging; research is needed to investigate how these additives interact with biopolymer matrices
