European Commission should consider potency in scientific criteria to identify EDCs, according to U.S. consultant; highlights NGOs’ and researchers’ agenda in EDC controversy
Scientific consensus on endocrine disruptors
Scientists reach agreement on scientific principles underpinning the identification of EDCs at expert meeting in Berlin; meeting report to be published soon
Germany: Increasing safety along the food chain
German Institute for Risk Assessment announces cooperation with Fraunhofer Institutes to increase safety along the food chain
Germany: Anthraquinone no longer recommended for food packaging
BfR withdraws anthraquinone recommendation for food packaging after reevaluation of migration
Scientists reach consensus on EDCs
Scientists agree that potency should not be included in the EU’s criteria for EDCs; NGOs call on European Commission to adopt scientific consensus and release EDC criteria promptly
Decision matrix for EDCs
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment proposes extended assessment criteria to identify endocrine disruptors under European regulation
Conference on uncertainty in risk analysis
EFSA and BfR to hold “International Conference on Uncertainty in Risk Analysis” on February 21-22, 2019 in Berlin; focus on challenges and advances in assessing, managing, and communicating uncertainty
Scientific meeting on EDCs
German institute for risk assessment hosts closed expert meeting on endocrine disruptors; meeting results to be published in scientific journal
Uncertainty factors in chemical risk assessment
A new scientific review article assesses validity of commonly used uncertainty factors
New York Times investigates PFAS and pregnancy
Publishes second article in three-part series on hazardous chemical exposure at home; provides overview of research on toxicity of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to developing fetuses, young children; profiles US families with high PFAS concentrations in drinking water, efforts to restrict uses