A group of researchers from Duke University (US) has recently published a review of contaminant testing data from across the United States showing that so-called “forever chemicals” (PFAS) have been [...]
The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) sued in federal court Inhance Technologies, a US-based company that produces plastic packaging used for [...]
A group of researchers from Queens University have recently published a paper demonstrating that nitrite-containing sausages can exacerbate the development of colorectal cancer (CRC) pathology in mice, and this [...]
The German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL), together with the Federal State Working Group for Consumer Protection (LAV), has recently published its annual report about monitoring act [...]
A study just published in Nano Today by researchers from the University of Eastern Finland traces a first possible route followed by nanoplastics up in the food chain to our bodies: from the soil, they are pick [...]
WHO has just published a new report to assess the potential health risks associated with exposure to nano- and microplastic particles (NMPs) from different sources, including air and diet. This re [...]
According to an investigation carried out by the non-profit association Agir pour l’Environment (Acting for the Environment), 78% of bottled water from the best-selling brands in France is contaminated wi [...]
According to a scientific report written by researchers at Stockholm University and ETH Zurich, rainwater in almost every location on the planet contains concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (P [...]
The European Commission has recently published its Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1396, amending the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 laying down specifications for food additives listed in Annexes II and [...]
Following the recently published risk assessment related to the consumption of foodstuffs containing nitrites and nitrates, the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) [...]
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