News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
January 28, 2013
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
January 28, 2013
Listing BPA as a reproductive hazard would require warning signs on packaging, but only at high levels
January 25, 2013
Substance found as a NIAS in PVC plastics causes transgenerational inheritance of obesity
January 25, 2013
Authors of new European Environmental Agency report see need for more adaptive risk assessment
January 24, 2013
ENVI Committee of the European Parliament adopts DRAFT report on endocrine disruptors
January 23, 2013
The American Chemistry Council responds to a new scientific study on the effects of BPA on thyroid function
January 22, 2013
The New York Times publishes an article discussing the role of endocrine disruptors in increasing obesity rates around the world
January 18, 2013
New study shows that BPS, a BPA replacement, leads to cell proliferation at low doses and interferes with normal estradiol induced signaling pathways
January 14, 2013
A recently published review article by Korean researchers sparks a scientific debate on the safety of plastic food contact materials containing hormone active substances.
January 14, 2013
New study with recycled paperboard shows possibilities and limits of chemical analysis for known and unknown food contact material migrants.
