Minderoo Foundation systematically maps human health effects from...
On October 10, 2023, the Australia-based Minderoo Foundation, Perth, published an article in the journal Environment International, in which Louise Margaret Goodes and her 16 co-authors performed a...
View ArticleEDC implications for health, economy, and policy
On July 21, 2020, the peer-reviewed journal The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology published two Series papers on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). In the first paper, Linda Kahn from the...
View ArticleArticle discusses toxic chemical exposure and COVID-19
In an article published on April 17, 2020, Environmental Health News (EHN) discusses the role chronic diseases in the US linked to exposure to toxic chemicals may be playing in worsening the COVID-19...
View ArticleImmunomodulatory effects of EDCs
In an article published on February 8, 2019 in the peer-reviewed journal Environment International, Karolina Nowak and colleagues from the Department of Immunology, Medical University of Bialystok,...
View ArticleImmunotoxicity testing for FCM assessment
In an article published on September 6, 2019, in the peer-reviewed journal Food and Chemical Toxicology, Adejoke Ogungbesan and colleagues from the Office of Food Additive Safety (OFAS) in the Center...
View ArticleFrance bans TiO2 in food
In an article published on May 15, 2019, by Confectionery News, Kristine Sherred informed that “France has ordered food companies to eradicate titanium dioxide (TiO2) [(CAS 13463-67-7; food additive...
View ArticleU.S. NGO requests ‘moratorium’ on new PFAS
In an article published on April 10, 2019 by regulatory news provider Chemical Watch, reporter Lisa Martine Jenkins informed that on March 27, 2019, a U.S.-based non-governmental organization (NGO)...
View ArticleNew infographics on EDCs
The non-governmental organization Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), partnering with The Endocrine Disruption Exchange (TEDX), has developed new infographics on the topic of endocrine disrupting...
View ArticleCall to invest in cancer prevention
In an article published on February 7, 2019, Laura Vandenberg from the University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences, U.S., commented on the State of the Union address...
View ArticleFPF Webinar on prioritizing potential genotoxics in FCMs
On November 26, 2018, at 03:00 pm CET (Central European Time), the Food Packaging Forum (FPF) will hold a public webinar on prioritization of potentially genotoxic substances in printed paper and board...
View ArticleDocumentary on EDCs in food packaging
On November 8, 2018, a documentary on chemicals in food packaging and related health effects, entitled “Unpacked,” was released. Directors Thomas Winter and Jack Nitz particularly focused on endocrine...
View ArticleEU Commission presents EDC strategy
On November 7, 2018, the European Commission (EC) adopted a communication on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) “confirming its commitment to protecting citizens and the environment from hazardous...
View ArticleFPF Webinar on food additives and child health
On November 12, 2018, at 04:00 pm CET (Central European Time), the Food Packaging Forum (FPF) will hold a public webinar on the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) perspectives on food additives. In...
View ArticleMicroplastics in human stool
In an article published on October 23, 2018, by Cosmos Magazine, reporter Nick Carne informed about a study looking at microplastics in human stool, led by Philipp Schwabl from the Medical University...
View ArticleEnvironmental exposures and diabetes
In an article published on June 27, 2018, in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Research, Adela Jing Li and colleagues from the Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY,...
View ArticleHealth effects of perchlorate exposure
In an invited review article published on September 2, 2018, in the peer-reviewed journal Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, Richard Pleus and Lisa Corey from the U.S. consulting agency Intertox...
View ArticleAmes test insufficient for genotoxicity of FCMs
A review article published on September 26, 2018, in the peer-reviewed journal Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A addressed the “suitability of the Ames test to characterize genotoxicity of food...
View ArticleFCM analysis at BioDetectors conference 2018
The 11th BioDetectors conference took place on September 13-14, 2018, in Aachen, Germany. The event was hosted by RWTH Aachen University and sponsored by BioDetectionSystems (BDS). Several...
View ArticleFPF fact sheet on food packaging and human health
On September 10, 2018, the Food Packaging Forum (FPF) published a fact sheet on food packaging and human health on its website. The fact sheet covers the different materials in contact with food,...
View ArticleBPA substitutes and chromosomal abnormalities
In an article published on September 13, 2018, by the magazine The Scientist, editor Kerry Grens informed about a new study on the health effects of replacement chemicals for bisphenol A (BPA, CAS...
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