Hazardous chemicals in black plastic food containers
An article published on May 30, 2018 by science news provider EurekAlert! informed about a new study entitled “Black plastics: Linear and circular economies, hazardous additives and marine pollution.”...
View ArticleLead in children’s mugs
In an article published on May 31, 2016 the Czech non-governmental organization Arnika informs about a testing campaign analyzing printed china dishes which was conducted within the scope of its Let’s...
View ArticleWHO: Chemicals impact public health
In May 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) published a new report entitled “Public health impact of chemicals: Knowns and unknowns.” WHO addresses chemicals that are hazardous to human health,...
View ArticleScientific consensus on environmental neurotoxins
In an article published on July 1, 2016 by news provider CNN, journalist Nadia Kounang reports on Project TENDR, a collaboration of leading scientists, health professionals, and children’s and...
View ArticleHeavy metals in color printed glasses
In an article published on August 10, 2016 the Czech non-governmental organization Arnika informs about a testing campaign analyzing printed drinking glasses, conducted within the scope of its Let’s...
View ArticleChildren exposed to lead from water and food
In a blog article published on February 3, 2017 by the non-profit organization Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Tom Neltner, chemicals policy director at EDF, reports on U.S. children’s exposure to...
View ArticleLead in U.S. baby food
On June 15, 2017 the non-profit organization Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) published a report on children’s exposure to lead from food entitled “Lead in food: A hidden health threat.” In an EDF...
View ArticleChildren significantly exposed to EDCs and neurotoxins
On May 30, 2017, the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a report entitled “Exposure of children and unborn children to selected chemical substances.” The report focuses on the...
View ArticleMineral oils and heavy metals in dark chocolate
In an article published on February 7, 2018, the Danish Consumer Council THINK Chemicals reported on a testing campaign measuring cadmium, lead, mineral oils, and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in...
View ArticleUnwanted chemicals in drinking bottles
In an article published on August 23, 2018, the Norwegian Consumer Council, a government agency and consumer protection organization of Norway, informed about the results of a recent test it has...
View ArticleBisphenol A and lead in mothers and children in Vienna and Bratislava
The Austrian study Um-MuKi found lead and bisphenol A in the blood of mothers and the umbilical cord blood of children. At the same time, significant differences were established between Bratislava and...
View ArticleNew regulation on ceramics postponed
On September 3, 2013 the European Commission’s Directorate General for Health & Consumers’ (DG SANCO) held a meeting with the Stakeholder Group on Food Contact Materials. Meeting participants were...
View ArticleNGO lists dirty dozen of EDCs
On October 28, 2013 the non-governmental organization (NGO) Environmental Working Group published a report listing 12 endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) considered most hazardous by the group. The...
View ArticleCoffee makers release lead
According to a press release published by the German risk assessment institute Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (BfR) on December 2, 2013, coffee and espresso makers may release lead in quantities...
View ArticleKorean children have excessive levels of lead and BPA
On January 23, 2014 the South-Korean news agent Arirang referred to a new report of the South-Korean Ministry of the Environment, which found children between 6 and 18 to have lead, mercury and...
View ArticleAvoiding drinking water from garden hoses
In an article published June 2, 2014 by the Canadian news provider CBC News journalist Blair Sanderson advises against the consumption of water from garden hoses. Sanderson reports that garden hoses...
View ArticleLead linked to weight gain in mice
A new study published online on August 8, 2014 in the scientific, open-access journal PLOS one reports on the effects of lead on mice whose mothers were exposed to the heavy metal. The researchers from...
View ArticleHeavy metals in Indian plastic bottles
In an article published on June 13, 2015 in the digital edition of the newspaper The Times of India, journalist Bella Jaisinghani reports on a Mumbay-based NGO named Watchdog Foundation that aims to...
View ArticleMetals in paints on chopsticks
An article published on July 29, 2018, in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Research, focused on heavy metals found in paints brought on chopsticks. Di Zhao and colleagues from the State Key...
View ArticleCadmium in decorated glassware
A review article published on December 10, 2018, in the peer-reviewed journal Science of the Total Environment, provides an overview of “occurrence and distribution of Cd [(cadmium)] among consumer...
View ArticleLead and arsenic in food contact paper
An article published on December 4, 2018, in the peer-reviewed journal Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A, by Se-Jong Park and colleagues from the Food Additives and Packaging Division, National...
View ArticleCalifornia adjusts metal limits in recycled glass
Legislators in the U.S. state of California have voted to temporarily increase the allowed concentration of heavy metals present in recycled glass packaging. In an article published on September 10,...
View ArticleColombia regulates heavy metals in glass, ceramics
In an article published on January 10, 2020, certification company SGS reported that in July 2019 the Colombian Ministry of Health and Social Protection published an emergency technical regulation that...
View ArticleEU committee rejects increasing lead limits in recycled PVC
In a press release published on January 21, 2020, the Environment Committee of the European Parliament adopted a resolution rejecting a proposal from the European Commission (EC) to increase the...
View ArticleIsrael enforces lead and cadmium limits
On March 25, 2020, Israel notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) that it will introduce mandatory limits for lead and cadmium in food contact materials made from glass or porcelain enameled...
View ArticleMalaysia sets metal migration limits for ceramics
On April 7, 2020, SGS reported on a notification made by Malaysia to the World Trade Organization (WTO) expanding the restrictions of lead and cadmium migration from ceramicware in the country to also...
View ArticleMexico to update lead limits in pottery
In an article published on April 16, 2020, regulatory news provider Chemical Watch reported on Mexico’s expected publication of a revised standard for lead in glazed pottery. Lead is still commonly...
View ArticleEcuador to revise regulation on food contact ceramics
In an article published on July 28, 2020, SGS reported that Ecuador has announced a proposal to revise its regulation on food contact ceramics effective from the first quarter of 2021. The proposed...
View ArticleColombia extends heavy metal regulation in glass, ceramics
In an article published on August 4, 2020, SGS reported on Colombian Ministry of Health and Social Protection’s resolution to extend the current emergency technical regulation on the migration of lead...
View ArticleBfR recommends lowering EU limits on heavy metals
In a position statement published on September 21, 2020, the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) is recommending the enforcement of significantly lower migration limits for heavy metals...
View ArticleFPF Workshop 2020: Hazardous chemicals in FCMs
The 8th Food Packaging Forum (FPF) workshop “Improving the chemical safety of food contact articles: Linking policy-making with scientific research” took place online on October 21-23, 2020. In his...
View ArticleFPF Workshop 2020: Proceedings available
On October 21-23, 2020, the Food Packaging Forum (FPF) held its 8th annual workshop in a virtual format under the theme “Improving the chemical safety of food contact articles: Linking policy-making...
View ArticlePetition urges US FDA to ban lead in FCMs
On December 9, 2020, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) reported on a formal petition sent to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting a revision of its standards for lead in food and...
View ArticleHealth Canada guide on glazed ceramics, glassware regulations
In February 2021, Health Canada published an updated version of its industry guide for food contact glazed ceramic and glassware product regulations, which provides, among others, illustrative...
View ArticleEDF’s advice for new FDA commissioner on chemicals
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) suggests how new US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner can better address toxic chemicals in food; calls for systematic and regular reviews to update older...
View ArticleSouth Korean study investigates chemical exposures from food contact plastics
In an article published on June 25, 2021, in the peer-reviewed journal Food and Chemical Toxicology Journal of Food Science, Choonshik Shin and colleagues from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety,...
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