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endocrine disruptor
June 30, 2016
Environmental ministers of France, Denmark, and Sweden ask Commission to amend proposed EDC criteria to better protect human health and the environment
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June 29, 2016
Article questions effectiveness of current chemical risk assessment in protecting public health; explains non-monotonic dose response and why it should be considered in assessing chemicals’ toxicity
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June 27, 2016
European Commission’s Joint Research Centre publishes report on EDC screening method used in Commission’s impact assessment on criteria to identify EDCs
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June 27, 2016
The Wall Street Journal discusses early onset of puberty in U.S. girls; obesity and exposure to EDCs considered key factors, according to experts
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June 23, 2016
The Guardian, EurActiv, Chemical Watch, and other news providers report on EDC criteria proposed by European Commission; summarize positions of different stakeholders
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June 21, 2016
Environmental Working Group launches database with over 16,000 food products possibly in contact with BPA-containing food packaging
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June 21, 2016
Experts discussed future changes in the European legislation on FCMs, summarized state of the art in analytical chemistry and toxicity testing, and introduced novel techniques to measure and reduce chemical migration from FCMs into food
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June 20, 2016
Scientific project LIFE-EDESIA led by the Italian Institute of Public Health uses in silico and in vitro methods to evaluate the safety of substitute chemicals for known (phthalates and bisphenols) and suspected (parabens) EDCs
Topics: endocrine disruptor, REACH
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June 16, 2016
Industry, environment and health groups, as well as science community mostly express criticism and disappointment over European Commission’s proposal for EDC criteria
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June 16, 2016
European Commission proposes strongly science-based criteria to identify endocrine disruptors, endorses WHO definition, and publishes impact assessment on EDC criteria
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