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May 15, 2017

EFSA BPA assessment protocol: 10^th meeting

EFSA’s CEF Panel Working Group on BPA assessment protocol holds tenth meeting on the reevaluation of BPA safety; meeting minutes available online

Topics: bisphenol A, EFSA

Reading time: 1 minute

May 12, 2017

Cardiotoxicity of BPA

CLARITY-BPA study finds BPA exposure to increase incidence and severity of cardiomyopathy, promoting myocardial degeneration; BPA’s cardiotoxicity could be caused by adverse vascular events

Topics: bisphenol A, cardio, chronic disease, toxicity testing

Reading time: 1 minute

April 27, 2017

EFSA BPA assessment protocol: 8^th and 9^th meeting

EFSA’s CEF Panel Working Group on BPA assessment protocol holds eighth and ninth meeting on the reevaluation of BPA safety; meeting minutes available online

Topics: bisphenol A, EFSA

Reading time: 1 minute

April 13, 2017

Parabens increase BPA exposure

Parabens inhibit several biotransformation enzymes involved in steroid hormone metabolism and chemical detoxification; study in mice shows that co-exposure with butyl paraben results in elevated internal levels of estradiol and BPA

Topics: bisphenol A, exposure, mixture toxicity, parabens

Reading time: 3 minutes

April 13, 2017

EFSA BPA assessment protocol: 7^th meeting

EFSA’s CEF Panel Working Group on BPA assessment protocol holds seventh meeting on the reevaluation of BPA safety; meeting minutes available online

Topics: bisphenol A, EFSA

Reading time: 1 minute

April 10, 2017

Hazardous chemicals in the diet

Environmental Defense Fund blog post summarizes potentially dangerous chemicals present in food and food packaging; urges U.S. Congress and FDA to take action

Topics: bisphenol A, chronic disease, development, FDA, GRAS, perchlorate, phthalates

Reading time: 1 minute

March 22, 2017

EFSA BPA assessment protocol: 6^th meeting

EFSA’s CEF Panel Working Group on BPA assessment protocol holds sixth meeting on the reevaluation of BPA safety; meeting minutes available online

Topics: bisphenol A, EFSA

Reading time: 1 minute

March 21, 2017

Estrogenic activity of BPA alternatives

Study assesses estrogenicity of bisphenol A and 6 bisphenol analogues in human breast cancer cell model; all bisphenols show estrogenic activity; 3 bisphenols more potent than BPA

Topics: bisphenol A, bisphenol F, bisphenol S, endocrine disruptor, estrogenic, substitution

Reading time: 2 minutes

March 16, 2017

EFSA BPA assessment protocol: 4^th and 5^th meeting

EFSA’s CEF Panel Working Group on BPA assessment protocol holds fourth and fifth meeting on the safety reevaluation of BPA; meeting minutes available online

Topics: bisphenol A, EFSA

Reading time: 1 minute

March 7, 2017

Chemicals harm brain development

New report by the non-profit organization CHEM Trust summarizes the effects of environmental chemicals on child brain development; calls for phasing out harmful chemicals as groups, not removing them one by one

Topics: bisphenol A, chronic disease, fluorinated substances, perchlorate, phthalates, regulation, substitution

Reading time: 2 minutes

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