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

March 12, 2014

New FPF report: Plasticizer content measured in coffee

Study measures plasticizer levels in coffee powder and in brewed coffee

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March 12, 2014

Endocrine activity of plastic baby cups and plates

Laboratory report attests migration of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) into food simulants including water

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March 12, 2014

San Francisco: Plastic bottle ban approaching

San Francisco supervisors back ban of plastic bottles on public grounds

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March 12, 2014

New findings on polyfluorinated compounds

German Institute of Risk Assessment discusses polyfluorinated compounds at conference

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March 11, 2014

Project on the European exposome

New European Human Early-Life Exposome (HELIX) project to investigate prenatal environmental exposures and biomarkers of disease and child health outcomes

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March 11, 2014

EFSA assesses another oxygen absorber

EFSA publishes opinion on sodium erythorbate, sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, iron sulphate, activated carbon, cellulose, calcium hydroxide, calcium chloride and water sachets

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March 11, 2014

Not all OECD test guidelines appropriate for nanomaterials

OECD publishes report on January 2013 expert meeting on ecotoxicology and environmental fate of nanomaterials, discusses appropriateness of OECD test guidelines for nanomaterials

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March 11, 2014

BPA linked to breast cancer genesis?

Headlines & Global News reports on study linking BPA exposure to promotion of breast cancer growth, indications of a link to breast cancer genesis

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March 11, 2014

“BPA free” may not equal safe

Center for Environmental Health research into sippy cups finds BPA-free cups with higher estrogenic activity

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March 10, 2014

Freely available dataset for 3D in silico modeling

Freely available 3D database of food additives, first step towards a more efficient in silico screening of chemicals
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