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

February 5, 2013

EFSA: Scientific Committee meets to discuss endocrine disruption

EFSA’s Scientific Committee will discuss endocrine disruption and chemical mixtures during its plenary session

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February 4, 2013

New study: Chronic diseases caused by chemical exposures in great-grandmothers

Epigenetic mechanisms thought to be responsible for health effects in rat offspring after great-grandmothers were exposed to a chemical mixture during pregnancy

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February 4, 2013

New scientific study compares migrants, toxicity of glass and PET

French researchers find migrants from PET, glass into bottled waters and test for mutagenicity, cytotoxicity and endocrine disruption
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January 31, 2013

EFSA publishes report of member state meeting on BPA

EFSA made a full report of the EU Member State meeting on BPA in October available online

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January 31, 2013

Lower threshold for nanomaterial registration under REACH

The German Ministry of Occupational Safety and Health suggests lowering the REACH registration threshold for nanomaterials to 100kg/year

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January 31, 2013

American Chemistry Council says chemical regulations should be based on science, not on beliefs

American Chemistry Council responds to New York Times article linking EDCs and obesity rates

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January 29, 2013

Perfluorinated compounds linked to reproductive health outcome

Danish study links in utero exposure to PFAAs to lower semen quality and changes in reproductive hormone levels

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January 29, 2013

Study linking BPA to systemic complications causes heated debate

Study links BPA metabolite to biomarker of systemic stress and infers an association with chronic diseases

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January 28, 2013

Maine, US to ban BPA from infant food packaging

The Board of Environmental Protection of Maine, US voted on a BPA ban from infant food packaging, the ban will now be voted on by the Legislature

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January 28, 2013

Controversy about California’s intent to declare BPA a reproductive hazard

Listing BPA as a reproductive hazard would require warning signs on packaging, but only at high levels

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