ChemSec held webinar on online tool Marketplace, HCPP project; alternatives assessment for phthalates by Northwest Green Chemistry presented
October 30, 2018
Database of plastic packaging chemicals
New scientific publication by Food Packaging Forum researchers and partners presents database of chemicals associated with plastic packaging (CPPdb) in detail
October 29, 2018
BizNGO annual meeting 2018
Business and environment collaboration BizNGO holds annual meeting on December 4-5, 2018, in Berkeley, U.S.; registration now open
October 29, 2018
Businesses’ approach to safer chemicals
Fourth edition of Chemical Watch’s “Business guide to safer chemicals” highlights work by Coop Denmark and Sherwin-Williams to replace bisphenol A and other hazardous chemicals in food packaging
October 22, 2018
EEB conference 2018
European Environmental Bureau holds annuals conference on November 5, 2018; toxic chemicals and circular economy to be discussed; registration now open
October 16, 2018
Amazon’s safer chemicals policy
Amazon is the first primarily e-commerce retailer to publish chemicals policy and restricted substances list
October 9, 2018
FPF Workshop 2018: Perspectives on the FCM safety
Afternoon session of FPF Workshop 2018 discusses different approaches to ensuring FCM safety taken by industry, government, retailers, consumer organizations
September 26, 2018
Chemical footprinting: 2018 annual report
3rd Chemical Footprint Project report shows companies have more knowledge about chemicals in their products, make efforts to reduce hazardous substances
September 20, 2018
More retailers take part in annual ranking
Non-profit organization Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families includes 12 new retailers in annual ranking of progress towards eliminating toxic chemicals and using safer alternatives
September 17, 2018
BPA substitutes and chromosomal abnormalities
Mice exposed to low doses of BPA, BPS, diphenyl sulfone, BPF, BPAF exhibit chromosomal abnormalities that persist for several generations, according to new study in Current Biology