News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
January 21, 2015
In-depth studies conducted by the U.S. federal government show it is unlikely that BPA could cause health effects in humans
Topics: bisphenol A
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January 21, 2015
New study investigates pregnancy serum concentrations of PFOS and PFOA and behavior and motor development of children aged 5–9 years
Topics: fluorinated substances
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January 21, 2015
The European Chemicals Agency published a new report on carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic substances (CMRs)
Topics: ECHA, regulation
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January 20, 2015
COW2015 will be held April 27-30, 2015
Topics: endocrine disruptor
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January 19, 2015
In silico tool VirtualToxLab used for estimating the toxic potential of chemicals is now freely available for non-profit organizations
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January 19, 2015
U.S. researchers find heart function and blood pressure in mice to be affected by BPA exposure, females appear to be at increased risk for harm
Topics: bisphenol A
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January 16, 2015
New study uses chitosan-coatings made from shrimp shells to increase shelf-life of baby carrots
Topics: bioplastics
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January 15, 2015
Scientists demonstrate that bisphenol F and bisphenol S exhibit almost a comparable endocrine activity as bisphenol A
Topics: bisphenol A, bisphenol S
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January 15, 2015
Bisphenol A alternatives detected in thermal paper in Switzerland, bisphenol F and bisphenol S shown to exhibit endocrine activity using in vitro and in silico tools, no significant endocrine activity found for the alternatives Pergafast® 201 and D-8
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January 15, 2015
US National Toxicology Program Office of Health Assessment and Translation publishes standard operating procedures for conducting systematic reviews
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