News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
August 11, 2015
Computational method developed to predict toxic effects of everyday chemicals in human individuals and populations; crowd-sourced study integrates findings from many different laboratories to build more robust model
Topics: TTC
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August 10, 2015
Swedish government announces intention to protect infants and children from exposure to bisphenol A in tap water
Topics: bisphenol A, water pipes
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August 6, 2015
Study finds that sunlight exposure of post-consumer PET bottles leads to yellowing of recycled PET bottles
Topics: recycling
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August 6, 2015
Prominent EDC researchers publish rebuttal to critique of WHO/UNEP State of the Science 2012 report, accuse industry-funded scientists to deliberately confuse non-experts to delay regulatory action
Topics: endocrine disruptor
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August 5, 2015
Luxembourg's Ministry of Health organises food contact materials conference as part of its Presidency of the Council of the European Union; registration now open
Topics: events
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August 5, 2015
Workshop challenges scientists to analyze epidemiological data and develop appropriate statistical methods to assess effects of exposure to chemical mixtures
Topics: mixture toxicity
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August 4, 2015
New report illustrates importance of institutional purchasing in advancing the market for safer chemicals; case studies of six organizations removing hazardous chemicals from their products
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August 4, 2015
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences hosts symposium and webcast on the Halifax Project investigating the link between low-dose chemical mixtures and cancer
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August 3, 2015
Food company ConAgra removes BPA from its cans; non-profit organizations raise concern over safety of BPA-replacements and ask for removal of BPA from all food packaging
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August 3, 2015
CHEM Trust analyzes “option 4b” to identify EDCs as proposed by German risk assessment institute and considers method as not adequate to set EDC criteria
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