European Commission publishes roadmap, inception impact assessment; initiative aims to require companies to substantiate environmental footprint claims made about their products or services, reduce ‘greenwashing’; open for feedback until August 31, 2020
Opinion: Personal value acknowledgments towards better public health policy
Environmental Health News guest contributors suggest declaring personal interests to increase transparency in scientific debates
Study detects antimony migration from PET
FPF reports on study that measured antimony migration at levels well below the official safety limits
Maternal BPA associated with lower birth weight, contradictory results?
Environmental Health Perspectives’ journalist Kellyn Betts comments on recent findings inversely associating prenatal BPA exposure and body weight
FPF Workshop 2018: Speaker spotlights
Speakers of the 2018 Food Packaging Forum Workshop share their key messages in short interviews; videos now available online
Study finds BPS depresses heart function
Scientists from University of Guleph report bisphenol S (BPS) and bisphenol A (BPA) able to decrease systolic pressure and rates of contraction and relaxation within minutes of exposure in mice; BPS found to be more potent than BPA, raises concerns about its use as substitute in plastics
Documentary on EDCs in food packaging
New documentary explains endocrine disruption, highlights presence of endocrine disruptors in food packaging, presents possible solutions to reduce exposure
EFSA FCM working group: 6th meeting
Minutes of the 6th meeting of EFSA’s CEP Panel working group on food contact materials now available online; discussion of criteria and tools for prioritizing food contact plastics substances on the Union list that do not have specific migration limits
BPA exposure linked to prostate cancer
New study finds increased incidence of prostate cancer in human prostate tissue exposed to BPA using a novel xenograft mouse model
Behind the barrier: Complex reality of paper and board packaging functionalization
Dossier discusses potentially misleading “eco-friendly” claims on paper and board packaging, plastic coatings are often used for functionalization: e.g., durability, grease-, water-, and gas -resistance; some alternatives exist but are not yet widely adopted or approved for food contact; recommends prioritizing reusable packaging and enforcing policy changes to eliminate PFAS and misleading marketing claims