137 chemicals in cord blood of Canadian newborns

Environmental Defence detects food contact substances in cord blood

4 Australian states ban HDPE plastic bags

Tasmania last to ban HDPE plastic bags, biodegradable bags continue to be allowed

Cooperation between FDA and EPA to improve food safety

Co-author of FDA food additive study comments in FDA week on FDA’s chemical risk assessment

Experts discuss identification and risk assessment of NIAS

First Swiss Food Science Meeting hosts international experts on non-intentionally added substances (NIAS) in Neuchâtel

Opinion: European Commission running behind on EDCs

Consumer groups urge European Commission to act on endocrine disruptors

New standard test method to identify plasticizers

ASTM International publishes method to ensure compliance with US phthalate migration standard

Switzerland not to ban BPA

Swiss government to await BPA report, will consider French findings

Los Angeles bans single use plastic bags

Los Angeles retailers to remove single use plastic bags by January 2014

New Food Packaging Forum report on NIAS

Non-intentionally added substances (NIAS): a challenge for risk assessment

U.S. Right-to-Know Act to include nonylphenol category

U.S. EPA proposes adding nonylphenol to Right-to-Know Toxic Chemical Release Reporting