Swedish Chemicals Agency and Swedish National Food Agency hold workshop on endocrine active substances in food on November 3, 2015 in Uppsala, Sweden; registration open until October 20, 2015
Food Packaging Forum: Workshop 2014
FPF holds annual workshop on October 9, 2014 in Zurich, Switzerland; addresses hazardous chemicals in food contact materials, first speakers announced
Workshop on recycling PET thermoforms
Petcore Europe holds workshop on latest developments in recycling of PET thermoforms on September 19, 2017 in Brussels; webinar available
FPF Workshop 2017: Program and registration online
Event program and registration for Food Packaging Forum’s annual workshop now online; live webcast available; register before September 28, 2017!
Studying chemical mixtures
Workshop challenges scientists to analyze epidemiological data and develop appropriate statistical methods to assess effects of exposure to chemical mixtures
Workshop on nano health and safety research
U.S. and EU organize a joint workshop to deepen collaboration in nanosafety research, to be held in March 2015 in Italy
Workshop on BPA hazard assessment protocol
EFSA opens registration for stakeholder workshop on BPA hazard assessment protocol to be held in Brussels on September 14, 2017 following the closure of the currently-running public consultation
Authorship of chemicals bill questioned
Authorship of new chemical safety act introduced by U.S. Senators David Vitter and Tom Udall is being questioned
U.S. hearing on international cancer research agency
U.S. Congress hearing on International Agency on the Research for Cancer addresses future funding; critics question agency’s scientific integrity; defenders talk of industry-lead campaign to discredit IARC’s monographs on carcinogens program
EDCs, semen quality, and testicular cancer
Editorial in The BMJ discusses parallel trends in semen quality and testicular cancer rates, suggests that EDC exposures could be a risk factor, calls for detailed research on EDCs and male reproductive trends