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

February 23, 2015

EDC expert responds to WSJ editorial on BPA

The Wall Street Journal publishes a response letter to recent BPA editorial, BPA is a threat to public health
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February 20, 2015

Effects of non-persistent chemicals on human sex selection

Paternal BPA and select phthalate metabolites associated with an excess of female births, contrary shown for maternal preconception exposure
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February 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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February 19, 2015

France pressured to reverse its ban on BPA

UK government deems the ban unnecessary
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February 19, 2015

EFSA approves polymeric additive for use in FCMs

New additive copolymer in nanoform to be used in PVC and PLA
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February 18, 2015

Workshop on EDCs and health

One-day workshop organized by HEAL, WECF and the Women’s health centre to take place on March 5, 2015 in Munich, Germany
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February 17, 2015

Court battle over estrogenicity of BPA-free plastic

Updated report on legal battle involving Tritan® plastic marketed as “EA-free”
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February 17, 2015

Biocides symposium 2015

Symposium on authorization of biocidal products to be held on May 11-13, 2015, use of biocides in FCMs will be discussed
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February 17, 2015

WSJ opinion article: BPA scare looks like a false alarm

Opinion article in The Wall Street Journal calls for reallocation of resources for BPA studies to more productive projects
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February 16, 2015

Non-monotonicity in risk assessment context

New study develops decision tree for assessing the strength of non-monotonic dose-response relationships
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