Use of big data for regulatory decision-making

FutureTox III conference will discuss how to predict human health risks from emerging “big data”

Safe alternatives to PFASs needed

Editorial in Environmental Health Perspectives calls for significant innovation to find functional nonfluorinated alternatives to poly- and perfluoroalkyl acids (PFASs)

Food Packaging Forum: Workshop 2015

FPF holds annual workshop on October 8, 2015 in Zurich, Switzerland; addresses chemical safety aspects of food packaging and provides outlook on future developments

California adds BPA to list of reproductive toxicants

California scientific expert panel decided to add BPA to the list of chemicals known to cause reproductive harm, NRDC applauds while ACC disagrees

Study finds plastic particles in Mediterranean fish

Effects on humans who consume fish containing plastic particles requires further research

Research needed on nanomaterials in active food packaging

Australian scientists review nanomaterials used in active food packaging systems and urge for further research on their migration from packaging into food

Producing safer chemicals is good for business

New report evaluates business and economic value of safer chemistry

Call for BPA ban in food packaging in Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia consumer protection minister demands BPA ban in FCMs and other consumer products

Low-dose BPA exposure has adverse effects on mammary cells

U.S. scientists show that low-dose BPA upregulates expression of c-Myc gene associated with variety of human cancers

TTIP: Chemical sector will not be excluded

EU chief negotiator dismisses exclusion of chemicals from Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)