ECHA Member State Committee unanimously agrees on identification of bisphenol A and three other substances as substances of very high concern (SVHCs); substances to be added to SVHC list in January 2017
December 15, 2016
Case studies on substitution of hazardous chemicals
ECHA publishes two new case studies on replacing per- and polyfluorinated chemicals as well as bisphenols in consumer products
December 15, 2016
New FPF dossier: Can coatings
2 FPF articles on can coatings published; Food Packaging & Health article summarizes key issues of can coatings; FPF dossier provides comprehensive scientific background information
December 8, 2016
BPA and BADGE in coconut milk cans
Five Nordic consumer organizations find BPA and BADGE in coating lacquer of coconut milk cans, but BPF and BPS were not detected
December 8, 2016
EFSA: Reevaluation of BPA
EFSA’s CEF Panel Working Group on BPA assessment protocol holds first meeting to discuss the reevalution of BPA; meeting minutes available online
December 7, 2016
Update: BPA warning label in California
State of California holds point-of-sale warnings for food cans and bottles containing BPA in place until the end of 2017; manufacturers must list affected products in online database
November 29, 2016
BPA-free can linings: Presentations and videos online
Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry publishes 15 video segments and 7 slide presentations from symposium on BPA-free can linings
November 24, 2016
Dutch politicians tested for BPA and phthalates
Health advocate Wemos measures BPA and phthalates in Dutch politicians’ urine and asks Dutch government to take action against EDCs
November 23, 2016
Unwanted chemicals in canned tuna
Danish consumer council finds BADGE in metal packaging of tuna as well as plasticizers in the metal closure of a tuna glass jar; none of the tested packaging products contained BPA, BPF, or BPS; all tuna fish contained heavy metals, some contained BADGE and one ATBC
November 9, 2016
Public forum on BPA-free cans
Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry holds public forum on alternatives for BPA-containing can linings; non-BPA epoxy material showing no endocrine activity presented
