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Apr 15th, 2010
EFSA to Provide Comprehensive Overview on Bisphenol A Safety by end May
BPA is permitted for use in food contact materials in the European Union, under Commission Directive 2002/72/EC of 6 August 2002 relating to plastic materials and articles intending to come into contact with foodstuffs. It is also permitted for food contact use in other countries such as the USA and Japan.
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a...
Nov 21st, 2008
U of A researcher finds contaminants leaching in plastics
Professor Andrew Holt and his colleagues at the University of Alberta have witnessed the frustration and complete befuddlement that accompanies obtaining unexplainable data in repeated experiments. But thanks to further research, they’ve now discovered that the answers lie in compounds found leaching out of their plastic lab equipment.
This discovery took place while a team of...