New study finds 24 substances originating from inks to migrate from two food contact materials
Recommendations for a circular chemical economy
Paper in Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering analyzes sources of chemical losses throughout the chemical life cycle, suggests approaches to improve chemical circularity; losses include fugitive emissions in manufacturing, dissipation in field use, impurities and regulatory incompatibility interfering with recycling; propose two changes to chemical assessments to guide sustainable production and use
FPF Workshop 2020: Values and transparency in science
Kevin Elliott discusses how values can influence scientific judgements or be themselves affected by them; transparency plays an important role in responding to challenges caused by value-laden judgements; contents and venues chosen for transparent communication need to be adjusted according to each stakeholder’s needs
BPA may be tied to polycystic ovary syndrome in adolescent girls
Study finds that adolescent girls with polycystic ovary syndrome have increased serum BPA levels
Startling increase of worldwide obesity rates
New study reviews literature to investigate temporal changes of obesity prevalence, Medical News Today reports
Doctors do not address environmental exposures
Boston Globe reports on new survey, finds doctors do not routinely question pregnant patients about environmental exposures
Webinar on substituting hazardous chemicals
ChemSec held webinar on online tool Marketplace, HCPP project; alternatives assessment for phthalates by Northwest Green Chemistry presented
BPA masculinizes female brains
New results from FDA’s BPA low dose study show significant effects on female rat brains at lowest dose
Mineral oils: Toxicity, exposure possibly underestimated
Scientific study compares accumulation of mineral oil saturated hydrocarbons (MOSH) in rats to humans; findings imply that current acceptable daily intake for MOSH may be set too high and current human exposure is underestimated
Phthalate body burden in Chinese children
Researches investigate associations between reported dietary intake and phthalate body burden of 430 school-age children in Shanghai, China