The Washington Post interviews senior scientist about BPS effects on zebrafish embryo development; comparison to BPA shows that BPS is not necessarily safer
February 3, 2016
EU Parliament debates EDCs
Scientific criteria for endocrine disrupting chemicals will be out before the summer 2016, says EU Commissioner during plenary debate
February 2, 2016
Opinion: TTIP should strengthen chemical safety, not weaken it
European Consumer Organisation recommends excluding chemicals from TTIP negotiations between U.S. and EU due to incompatible approaches to chemicals regulation
February 2, 2016
BPA and BPS impact embryonic development
New study demonstrates disruptive effects of BPA and BPS on embryonic development and reproductive system in zebrafish
February 1, 2016
New nanomaterial safety documents
New OECD documents on physico-chemical properties and grouping/read-across for safety assessment of nanomaterials available
February 1, 2016
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
January 29, 2016
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
January 28, 2016
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
January 27, 2016
Plastic covering the planet
Plastic pollution affecting every corner of planet Earth with damaging, long lasting impact, new study shows
January 27, 2016
Bioplastics made from fructose
Companies DuPont and Archer Daniels Midland develop chemical process to convert fructose into building block for biobased packaging polymers
