A recent investigative report by the Italian consumer advocacy magazine Il Salvagente has brought to light widespread mineral oil contamination in popular extra virgin olive oils. The laboratory tests evaluated [...]
The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) has released updated guidelines detailing a structured approach for evaluating non-intentionally added substances (NIAS) in food contact materials (FCMs). [...]
A newly published scientific study highlights that the vast majority of chemicals utilized in food-contact materials lack comprehensive safety data, leaving a significant blind spot in consumer health protectio [...]
A newly released study by the German consumer publication ÖKO-TEST has revealed elevated levels of chemical contaminants across a wide array of popular canned goods and soft drinks. In its September 2026 r [...]
Researchers from Yale University have modeled a multi-step method to remediate agricultural soils contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Published in the Proceedings of the National Acade [...]
The European Commission has enacted stricter safety standards targeting industrial contaminants in infant nutrition and edible oils, according to official regulatory documentation released this week. Under Regu [...]
European regulators have significantly tightened dietary safety standards for trifluoroacetic acid (TFA)—a persistent chemical byproduct formed when certain pesticides and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substan [...]
Microscopic plastic fragments may pose a direct threat to human cardiovascular health. In a recent investigation published in the European Heart Journal, Italian scientists found high concentrations of micro- a [...]
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has issued a major scientific alert, warning that everyday dietary exposure to dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs exceeds safe boundaries across all age groups in Europe. &nb [...]
The European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) Risk Assessment Committee (RAC) has officially classified trifluoroacetic acid (TFA)—a highly persistent and mobile "forever chemical"— as toxic to repro [...]
