News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
February 18, 2013
New study links PFOS and PFOA exposure to osteoarthritis in women but association does not reach significance
February 15, 2013
New York’s mayor Bloomberg tries to increase plastic recycling through banning plastic foam food packaging
February 14, 2013
BfR withdraws anthraquinone recommendation for food packaging after reevaluation of migration
February 14, 2013
U.S. NIEHS publishes research program to evaluate the health and safety effects of nanomaterials
February 13, 2013
Making raw data used in chemical evaluations publicly available would increase transparency of regulatory decisions
February 12, 2013
Baby boomer generation found to suffer more from chronic disease, and have lower self-rated health despite improved health care and longer life expectancy
February 11, 2013
Study connects prenatal low dose exposure to BPA with abnormal breast growth in mice
February 11, 2013
EC Report reviewing REACH concludes that chemical safety in the EU has increased significantly, critics point to slow market removal of hazardous substances
February 11, 2013
French study finds declining fertility amongst French men since the 1990s, researchers speculate about the reasons
February 11, 2013
Taiwanese researchers measure increased levels of melamine in people after consumption of a hot soup from melamine plastic table ware