Climate Change Leadership Conference discusses the complexity of the chemicals in food packaging and hears about how being environmentally friendly involves more than just investigating carbon emissions
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August 27, 2019
Final event: Hazardous chemicals in plastic packaging (HCPP) project
Food Packaging Forum to co-host event on September 12, 2019 in Gothenburg, Sweden presenting results from multi-year research project on chemicals in plastic packaging; registration open to attend in person or via live webinar
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January 5, 2021
EU Commission plans EDC hazard classes within CLP
European Commission announces plan to create new hazard classes for endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) within the EU’s Classification, Labeling, and Packaging (CLP) Regulation; industry stakeholders criticize decision, call for addressing EDCs via REACH Regulation; civil society groups welcome change; further discussion planned for February 2021
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August 17, 2018
Soil microbes eat biodegradable plastic
Swiss and Austrian researchers show that soil microorganisms fully metabolize biodegradable polymer polybutylene adipate terephthalate; European Bioplastics deems doubts about biodegradable plastics clarified
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April 8, 2020
EU consultation on circular economy action plan
European Committee of the Regions launches stakeholder consultation to inform upcoming opinion on circular economy action plan, targets local and regional authorities and their stakeholder associations; comments due by May 29, 2020
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July 21, 2020
EU initiative to standardize quantification of environmental impacts
European Commission publishes roadmap, inception impact assessment; initiative aims to require companies to substantiate environmental footprint claims made about their products or services, reduce ‘greenwashing’; open for feedback until August 31, 2020
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April 24, 2014
Opinion: Personal value acknowledgments towards better public health policy
Environmental Health News guest contributors suggest declaring personal interests to increase transparency in scientific debates
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May 13, 2016
EFSA EREN: Identifying emerging risks
Overview article describes outcomes of EFSA’s emerging risks exchange network (EREN) from 2010-2014, strategy for dealing with emerging risks in food safety
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April 3, 2013
Study detects antimony migration from PET
FPF reports on study that measured antimony migration at levels well below the official safety limits
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April 3, 2013
Maternal BPA associated with lower birth weight, contradictory results?
Environmental Health Perspectives’ journalist Kellyn Betts comments on recent findings inversely associating prenatal BPA exposure and body weight
