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EFSA Finds Neonics to Harm Bees

04.03.2018 - The discussion of whether to turn the current EU moratorium on neonicotinoid-based insecticides (neonics) into a permanent ban is expected to be revived before the end of the month...

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EU Votes to Add BPA to SVHC List

21.06.2017 - The Member State Committee (MSC) of the EU, acting on a proposal made by France, has unanimously voted to add bisphenol A (BPA), the chemical used to produce the engineering...

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Celanese Leads Scientific Sorbate Study

03.01.2017 - Major US-based chemical company Celanese has initiated and will lead a consortium to conduct a toxicological study on potassium sorbate and sorbic acid. The action is in response...

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Sweden Bans BPA From Drinking Water Pipes

01.09.2016 - In another unilateral move that will keep the country steps ahead of the EU on curbing the use of suspected endocrine disruptors, Sweden has announced it will ban epoxy linings...

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EU Lays Groundwork for Regulating Endocrine Disruptors

16.06.2016 - In the form of an Impact Assessment Report and two draft legal acts – a Plant Protection Products Regulation and a Biocidal Products Regulation – the European Commission (EC) on...

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BPA Evaulation Back in EFSA’s Court

06.05.2016 - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) will reopen its evaluation of the potential effects of bisphenol A (BPA) on the immune system in light of fresh scientific evidence...

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EP Proposes Seven-year Glyphosate Reauthorization

14.04.2016 - After the European Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) last month passed a resolution urging the EU Commission not to renew the authorization of the herbicide ingredient...

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‘Green’ Study Says TTIP Will Favor GMO Foods

13.01.2015 - A new study commissioned by the German Green party concludes that the free trade agreement Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) being negotiated by the EU and the...