Director of industry’s BPA coalition reviews BPA biomonitoring data, concludes that levels are safe but BPA replacements may be of interest
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July 16, 2014
Opinion: BPA exposure may not be sufficiently high to cause harm
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October 19, 2022
2022 FPF Workshop: From ideas to action
In the afternoon of the Food Packaging Forum’s annual workshop, speakers discuss changing narratives to make information actionable, share behind-the-scenes of a reuse system running for over 80 years; panels discuss visions, obstacles for a sustainable food system
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(Eco)toxicology of PFASs: a few highlights
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August 18, 2021
Toxicological and chemical profiling of plastic migrates
Scientific study investigates in vitro toxicity and composition of chemical mixtures migrating from everyday plastic products made of eight polymer types; demonstrates that thousands of chemicals can leach under realistic use conditions, including compounds toxic in vitro that contribute to human exposure; emphasizes the importance to rethink and redesign plastics to achieve safe materials
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March 29, 2018
EFSA report on evidence integration
EFSA publishes report of its colloquium on evidence integration in chemical risk assessment, held October 25-26, 2017 in Lisbon, Portugal
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November 4, 2013
EFSA considers 3 PET recycling processes as safe
EFSA publishes 3 scientific opinions on processes used to recycle post-consumer PET, considers “Starlinger Decon” based processes, “CPR Superclean PET” and “4PET” processes safe
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March 5, 2014
EFSA: 3 PET recycling processes
EFSA considers PET recycling processes “LPR”, “APPE Supercycle B” and “FPR” safe for food contact
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September 17, 2020
EFSA final scientific opinion on PFAS in food
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) publishes final version of its opinion on risk to human health from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in food; sets group tolerable weekly intake limit of 4.4 ng/kg body weight for four most commonly measured PFAS in humans
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November 14, 2012
Nature: Linking obesity and Bisphenol A
Researcher reviews in the scientific journal Nature Reviews Endocrinology evidence of Bisphenol A causing obesity in children and adolescents .
