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While people reading this may not be able to agree whether 2020 is the start of a new decade or end of the last one like many on social media, I am sure we
Continue Reading Coming in 2020: Europe and Asia
While people reading this may not be able to agree whether 2020 is the start of a new decade or end of the last one like many on social media, I am sure we…
Continue Reading Coming in 2020: Europe and Asia
Predictions are often a dangerous game. There is no such thing as zero risk so we can be fairly confident 2019 will bring recalls and outbreaks. We are still going to be talking about…
Continue Reading Coming in 2019: Europe and Asia
More research has been released by the United States National Toxicology Program (NTP) as part of a landmark study on the safety of bisphenol A (BPA).
The Consortium Linking Academic and Regulatory Insights on BPA…
Continue Reading More data published from BPA study; results ‘support the safety of BPA’
New rules that tighten restrictions on the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in food contact materials in the European Union have entered into force this month.
The regulation lowers the specific migration limit (SML), which…
Continue Reading BPA rules in European Union now in force; limit strengthened 12-fold
Bisphenol-A, or BPA, a chemical component found in plastic bottles and canned food liners, has long courted controversy over its alleged health risks. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has maintained that it …
Continue Reading Tests of Canned Food Brands Reveal Most Have Controversial Chemical in Can Lining
Those epoxy resins used to line metal food cans and some plastic containers are safe at current permitted levels, with some European bickering still going on about where lower limits should be placed. They may…
Continue Reading Denmark’s National Food Institute Says Europe’s BPA Safe Levels Need Work
On the heels of the 2014 favorable safety assessment for bisphenol A (BPA), another major reevaluation has found that the epoxy resins used to line metal food cans pose no health risk to consumers of…
Continue Reading EFSA Risk Assessment on Bisphenol A Finds No Consumer Health Risks
A California court recently upheld findings that the plastic chemical bisphenol A (BPA) is known to cause reproductive health problems. In 2013, the state’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announced that it intended…
Continue Reading CA Court Decision Will Place BPA Back on Harmful Chemicals List
It might be easy to dismiss the latest study about spiking one’s blood pressure by drinking soy milk from cans lined with bisphenol A (more commonly known as BPA). After all, serious hypertension is more…
Continue Reading FDA Says BPA-Lined Containers Are Safe, But New Study Raises Concerns
A new study by researchers at the University of Missouri in Columbia reveals that people who used hand sanitizers, handled cash-register receipts and then ate French fries were quickly exposed to high levels of bisphenol…
Continue Reading Study: Hand Sanitizers, French Fries Don’t Mix Well With BPA-Coated Receipts
Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical used to harden plastics, has been used since the 1960s to make a number of consumer goods such as bottles and cans. In the past several years, potential health risks…
Continue Reading Study: Early BPA Exposure Increases Risk of Prostate Cancer