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EFSA EREN: Identifying emerging risks
Overview article describes outcomes of EFSA’s emerging risks exchange network (EREN) from 2010-2014, strategy for dealing with emerging risks in food safety
Study detects antimony migration from PET
FPF reports on study that measured antimony migration at levels well below the official safety limits
Maternal BPA associated with lower birth weight, contradictory results?
Environmental Health Perspectives’ journalist Kellyn Betts comments on recent findings inversely associating prenatal BPA exposure and body weight
FPF Workshop 2018: Speaker spotlights
Speakers of the 2018 Food Packaging Forum Workshop share their key messages in short interviews; videos now available online
Study finds BPS depresses heart function
Scientists from University of Guleph report bisphenol S (BPS) and bisphenol A (BPA) able to decrease systolic pressure and rates of contraction and relaxation within minutes of exposure in mice; BPS found to be more potent than BPA, raises concerns about its use as substitute in plastics
Documentary on EDCs in food packaging
New documentary explains endocrine disruption, highlights presence of endocrine disruptors in food packaging, presents possible solutions to reduce exposure
EFSA FCM working group: 6th meeting
Minutes of the 6th meeting of EFSA’s CEP Panel working group on food contact materials now available online; discussion of criteria and tools for prioritizing food contact plastics substances on the Union list that do not have specific migration limits
BPA and phthalates linked to Type 2 diabetes
New epidemiological study links BPA and phthalates to Type 2 diabetes, elevated risk for pre-menopausal women
Chemical biomarkers of breast cancer identified
New study points out breast cancer chemical biomarkers for breast cancer epidemiology, biomonitoring and prevention