New nanomaterial safety documents

New OECD documents on physico-chemical properties and grouping/read-across for safety assessment of nanomaterials available

Response to BPA roadmap

Health and Environment Alliance submits comments to Commission’s BPA roadmap, recommends banning all bisphenols with endocrine disrupting properties for FCMs

EFSA: Scientific opinion on FCMs

EFSA’s CEF Panel publishes scientific opinion on safety assessment of FCMs, including technical report on the public consultation; recommends migration testing of finished FCMs and revisiting consumer exposure as well as requirements for toxicity data

European FCM regulation challenged

Workshop at the European Parliament discusses several major challenges to current FCM regulation and enforcement, unites diverse stakeholders in their call for improvements

Plastic covering the planet

Plastic pollution affecting every corner of planet Earth with damaging, long lasting impact, new study shows

Bioplastics made from fructose

Companies DuPont and Archer Daniels Midland develop chemical process to convert fructose into building block for biobased packaging polymers

FCM press release: Health and Environment Alliance

Non-profit organization HEAL publishes press release on regulation of FCMs in the EU; highlights necessity of regulating all types of FCMs and prohibiting use of SVHCs and EDCs

FCM policy briefing: CHEM Trust

Non-profit organization CHEM Trust releases policy briefing on regulation of FCMs in the EU; recommends better integration with REACH and reduction of chemicals of concern

Chemical migration from bottles

Danish consumer council tests drinking bottles made of plastic, metal, and glass; almost no chemicals of concern detected; 1 metal bottle released small amounts of aluminum, 1 plastic bottle showed small overall chemical migration into sour liquids

Review of OECD nanomaterial testing

JRC publishes review of OECD nanomaterials testing and assessment program