Opinion: No more secrets over trade talks

MEP Scott-Cato responds to MEP Girling’s article in the Wall Street Journal, argues for the use of the precautionary principle in EDC policy and the opening of the TTIP trade talks to the public

Public consultation on PFOS and PFOA

US EPA opens public comment period on perfluorinated substances PFOS and PFOA, also used in food contact

Vietnam: Aluminum recycling endangers humans

Aluminum recycling plants and cookware manufactures in Northern Vietnam poison humans and environment

Opinion: No hope for new TSCA reform proposal

Interview with senior adviser for Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families; new U.S. House proposal is no health-based safety standard

Plasticizer contents evaluated in coffee powder and coffee

Comparison of plasticizer levels in coffee powder and brewed coffee from capsules, pods and mocha pots

New FPF report: Plasticizer content measured in coffee

Study measures plasticizer levels in coffee powder and in brewed coffee

Endocrine activity of plastic baby cups and plates

Laboratory report attests migration of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) into food simulants including water

San Francisco: Plastic bottle ban approaching

San Francisco supervisors back ban of plastic bottles on public grounds

New findings on polyfluorinated compounds

German Institute of Risk Assessment discusses polyfluorinated compounds at conference

Project on the European exposome

New European Human Early-Life Exposome (HELIX) project to investigate prenatal environmental exposures and biomarkers of disease and child health outcomes