Commission amends regulation on classification, labeling, and packaging (CLP) of chemicals and mixtures; endocrine disrupting chemicals now categorized into known or presumed and suspected endocrine disruptors; introduces four hazard classes from REACH
Webinar on PFAS in Food Packaging Alternatives Assessment (Hazard and Exposure Assessment)
Scientific Colloquium: “Microplastics and nanoplastics in food and feed”
Österreichischer Verpackungstag 2020 (Austrian Packaging Day)
Exposures and Latent Disease Risk: Linking Exposures to Diseases with Long Latency Periods
European Commission introduces EDC subcategories and new hazard classes in CLP revision
MEPs criticize Commission over delayed EDC criteria
Members of the European Parliament submit motion of censure to President of European Parliament; criticize EC’s failure to provide EDC criteria in due time
Strategies for a new plastics economy
New Plastics Economy initiative launches new report at World Economic Forum and presents 3 strategies for a more sustainable plastic packaging market: redesign & innovation, reuse, and recycling
Toxicological and chemical profiling of plastic migrates
Scientific study investigates in vitro toxicity and composition of chemical mixtures migrating from everyday plastic products made of eight polymer types; demonstrates that thousands of chemicals can leach under realistic use conditions, including compounds toxic in vitro that contribute to human exposure; emphasizes the importance to rethink and redesign plastics to achieve safe materials
Microplastics impact oyster fertility
New study finds micro-polystyrene to disrupt feeding pattern and reproduction in oysters; exposed molluscs had fewer and more slowly growing offspring