BIBRA TOXICITY PROFILESAcetamide PART I: SHORT CUTSMice behaviour and tartrazine
High fish intake and coronary heart disease
A hearty fish meal shouldn’t be fried
Monounsaturated fat – moderation in all things
Go easy on the potatoes
Breast cancer may be linked with sweet food intake
Coconut milk and breast cancer
Wheat allergy in adults
Peanuts – how much can sensitized children take?
Allergy to napins from oilseed rape and turnip rape seeds
Green tea catechins may prevent prostate cancer
Be sensible and drink up your green tea?
Check your genotype before raising your coffee cup
Genistein, hamsters and a cheeky carcinogen
Reassuring genotoxicity test results on coenzyme Q10
Riboflavin, folate and homocysteine levels – the plot thickens
Vitamin E, beta-carotene, and prostate cancer risk
Furan formation in heated foods
Dietary nickel a possible problem for nickel-sensitive patients
Airborne allergens from pork
Cauliflower and broccoli pollens are notable occupational allergens
Allergenicity of naphthenic acid salts
Endocrine disruption by chlorpyrifos-methyl
DDT exposure and male reproductive health
Ozone and semen quality
Rats travel further with the anti-knock additive MMT
Low occupational glutaraldehyde exposure – no evidence of increased respiratory cancer
Tinkering with the heart
Is the Occupational Exposure Level for beryllium still adequate?
Hydrazines and cancer risk in aerospace workers
A bright smile with hydrogen peroxide
Benzophenone-3 gets under your skin when used in sunscreens
Sensitization to p-amino-m-cresol
A molecular approach to risk assessment: toxicogenomics
PART II: WORLD NEWS
EUROPEAN UNIONEFSA evaluates nisin
Waiter, there’s a snail in my soup – EFSA discusses if it should be labelled
In the pink: EFSA evaluation of Aquasta for farmed salmon
Genetically modified (GM) potato assessed by EFSA
EFSA assessments on fenamiphos, phosalone, metconazole, fenitrothion and pyrimethanil
EFSA recommendation on monitoring of brominated flame retardants in food and feed
REACH could alter toxicity testing as we understand it
(Bio)monitoring harmony in the European workplace UNITED KINGDOMACP evaluations on copper-HDO, copper pyrithione and garlic juice
DEET is back on the COT’s agenda
COC March deliberations
COT statement on incapacitant sprays UNITED STATESDraft 1993 Redbook II now available on-line
Pesticide petitions filed with the EPA
EPA risk assessments of pesticides
Draft and final Public Health Goals issued by OEHHA
Fluoride in drinking water – review issued by NAS
Final air quality criteria document for ozone issued by EPA
EPA draft framework for assessing risks to children exposed to environmental agents
CIR Scientific Literature Review for Zea mays oil OTHER AUTHORITATIVE BODIESSIDS Initial Assessment Reports (SIARs)
IARC verdicts on titanium dioxide, carbon black and non-asbestiform talc
DECOS estimates cancer risks from coal-derived BaP and PAH releases
RIVM report on the local lymph node assay (LLNA)
IPCS harmonization in risk assessment
PART III: LEGISLATION
EUROPEAN UNIONGenetically modified maize products approved for food use
EU and national legislation on food contact materials
Maximum residue levels for the benomyl group of pesticides
Commission extends provisional authorisation for thiamethoxam
Pollution of the aquatic environment by dangerous substances UNITED KINGDOMWelsh food contaminants
Food contact plastics – more draft regulations UNITED STATESFDA GRAS status letters for plant sterols/stanols, sodium iron EDTA and polyglycerol polyricinoleic acid
FDA permits glycerides and polyglycides as excipients for dietary supplements
EPA pesticide tolerances and exemptions
OSHA occupational exposure limit for hexavalent chromium OTHER AUTHORITATIVE BODIESNutraceutical and functional foods – global supplements
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