French researchers find migrants from PET, glass into bottled waters and test for mutagenicity, cytotoxicity and endocrine disruption
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February 4, 2013
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February 1, 2019
OECD urges restricted substances list for plastics
OECD report suggests establishing global list of restricted substances for plastics manufacturing in order to ‘support quality and consistency in recycling’
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January 6, 2017
Testing release of metals from ceramics
EU reference laboratory for FCMs publishes report on approaches to test release of metals from ceramic articles; over seventy samples tested to compare migration in two food simulants and tomato sauce
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July 4, 2019
EC to abandon non-toxic environment strategy
EU Commission considers stopping work on the EU’s non-toxic environment strategy in the presently foreseen form; industry welcomes the news, NGOs call it a ‘scandal’
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January 24, 2024
Indonesia updating national regulation on food contact materials
Indonesia’s draft food contact regulation reorganizes material groups; includes positive and negative substance lists, specific and overall migration limits; testing guidance based on food type, contact time, and temperature; public consultation closed in December 2023, final version expected in 2024
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March 25, 2015
Coating helps products to slide out of containers
New coating LiquiGlide developed by US researchers, creates extra layer between container and liquid that can slide out easier
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July 19, 2022
Oligomers from plastic FCMs reviewed
The diversity of oligomeric migrants increases with new (co)monomer varieties used in plastic production; quantitative analysis and toxicological evaluation are challenging
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November 6, 2014
Polyester monomers shown not to produce hormonal activity
New study evaluates the androgenic and estrogenic potential of polyester monomers
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November 9, 2015
Methodology for EU EDC screening
European Commission Joint Research Centre presents chemical screening methodology for the impact assessment on criteria to identify endocrine disruptors
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May 6, 2019
Recent efforts to assess nanomaterials
EU and U.S. projects and collaborations focus on nanotechnology; prioritize joint research areas, develop categorization scheme, review gaps in existing nanotoxicology research, aim to establish criteria for efficient risk assessment
