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January 31, 2014

US States consider new chemical policies for 2014

33 US States to address untested toxic chemicals; compounds include FCM substances

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January 30, 2014

Business case study: Competition on toxicity destructive

Washington Post comments on competition amongst reusable water bottle manufacturers: collaboration on toxic substance replacement results in higher benefits

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January 29, 2014

Opinion: BPA protects from food borne illness

Trade associations respond to study estimating health costs of BPA; claims that recent study misrepresents science

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January 27, 2014

Korean children have excessive levels of lead and BPA

Korean Ministry of Environment publishes chemical exposure report; BPA levels twice as high as elsewhere

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January 23, 2014

BPA health costs at $3 billion annually

New study concludes on thousands of preventable cases of childhood obesity and heart disease caused by BPA; economic savings estimated to outweigh costs of replacing BPA

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January 21, 2014

NGO asks Philippine government to ban BPA

EcoWaste Coalition sends letter to Philippine Heath Secretary, demands that BPA be banned from food contact materials intended for children under 3

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January 20, 2014

Trade associations welcome BPA opinion

NAMPA and ACC respond to draft EFSA opinion on BPA, reassurance that BPA exposure is safe

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January 20, 2014

EFSA publishes draft BPA opinion, part II

EFSA launches public consultation on BPA risk assessment opinion; recommends lowering of TDI; exposure levels considered safe

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January 15, 2014

BPA impedes cell signaling

Authors of new study consider BPA harmful in plastics, but possibly useful for tumor treatment

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January 13, 2014

ACC responds to BPA & prostate cancer study

American Chemistry Council rejects study linking BPA to prostate cancer; claims study to be based on unreliable human exposure data

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