ECHA publishes second report on the operation of the REACH and CLP regulation; knowledge of chemical properties increased; companies still need to provide more and better data
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May 26, 2016
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March 12, 2019
UNEP launches GCO II synthesis report
Synthesis report of the Global Chemicals Outlook released during 4th United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi; full report to be released in April 2019
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May 9, 2023
Google wants to switch from single-use to reusables
Google wants to remove single-use plastics from onsite food service operations; announces new challenge seeking applications from innovators with preferably reusable packaging options; applicants are encouraged to register their interest in the challenge by May 30, 2023
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March 27, 2018
FPF webinar on reprotoxic food contact chemicals: Proceedings online
Food Packaging Forum held webinar on food contact chemical surfynol and its reprotoxic properties on March 27, 2018; video recording and presentation slides now available
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April 4, 2019
Special journal issue on food safety
European Association for Food Safety releases special issue of the journal Trends in Food Science and Technology; contains 22 review articles across five food safety themes
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October 13, 2015
EFSA: 2nd FIP network meeting on FCMs
EFSA’s Food Ingredients and Packaging Scientific Network held second meeting on food contact materials on July 1-2, 2015 in Parma, Italy
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December 6, 2012
Endocrine disruption and the next generation of chemicals
Chemists, toxicologists collaborate to develop safer chemicals by compiling a Tiered Protocol for Endocrine Disruption (TiPED) testing, published in the Green Chemistry journal. Their goal is to eliminate the hazard of endocrine disruption, rather than attempting to control exposures as current approaches do. Certainty on absence of endocrine disruption currently can only be achieved with whole organism experiments, according to the authors.
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April 4, 2019
ECHA to prioritize REACH enforcement
European Chemicals Agency asks national enforcement agencies to prioritize enforcement of REACH evaluation decisions; proposes to review all dossier hazard data for substances above 1 metric ton by 2027
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March 14, 2019
Nano risk governance model project
Horizon 2020 funded project launched focusing on developing a nano risk governance model, aims to explore upcoming tools and approaches as well as support prioritization and harmonization of practices among stakeholders
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August 17, 2016
Health effects: How to identify causation?
Royal Society of Medicine hosts anniversary workshop on milestone work for environmental epidemiology by researcher Bradford Hill; commemorates his 1965 lecture ‘Environment and disease: Association or causation?’
