Bill Couzens from Next Generation Choices Foundation encourages US consumers to act on the issue of harmful chemicals
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March 19, 2015
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April 9, 2018
Webinar on NIAS case studies
Intertek holds webinar on testing and reporting non-intentionally added substances in food contact materials, April 26, 2018; registration now open
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October 29, 2020
FPF Workshop 2020: Work of IARC explained
Kate Guyton reviews the work of International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), underlines the essential role played by independent scientific experts, describes processes used for evidence synthesis and carcinogen classification; key characteristics of carcinogens constitute an important approach to cancer hazard identification
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June 10, 2014
New technique for measuring nanomaterial exposure
Researchers develop technique to visualize and analyze exposure to nanomaterials, may resolve difficulties in risk assessment of nanomaterials
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October 3, 2016
European Parliament debates FCM report
European Parliament discusses and votes on report on the implementation of EU food contact materials regulation on October 5-6, 2016; live stream available on Parliaments website
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October 26, 2017
Barriers to using recycled plastics
European Plastics Converters Association survey shows quality issues, instability of supply, as well as lacking support by customers and regulation hinder the use of recycled plastic materials in Europe
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June 10, 2015
EFSA publishes scientific opinion on acrylamide in food
EFSA considers acrylamide in food a public health concern; draft scientific opinion of 2014 adopted after public consultation
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October 27, 2017
Integrating evidence in risk assessment
EFSA and Evidence-based Toxicology Collaboration (EBTC) hold joint colloquium on evidence integration in risk assessment; address systematic review methodology, meta-analysis of bias, qualitative and quantitative methods in evidence integration from multiple sources
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October 28, 2015
Guide to safer chemicals
Report by Chemical Watch on replacing hazardous chemicals in the supply chain with safer alternatives; approaches to alternatives assessment and business case studies presented
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February 20, 2017
Workshop and webinar on Polymark project
EU research project Polymark presents new polymer sorting technology in workshop to take place on March 15, 2017 in Brussels
