PART I: SHORT CUTSDairy products and type 2 diabetes
Modified milk reduces risk factor for coronary heart disease
Maternal diet and childhood brain tumours
Low glycemic index may mean lower cancer risk
Beans mean a healthier heart
Good news for drinkers!
Yacon roots tested in rat diet
Skin reactions to walnut
Zeaxanthin, β-cryptoxanthin and inflammatory polyarthritis
Genistein and the dog’s reproductive apparatus
D-Xylose
Capsaicin cough challenge testing - safe
Folate deficiency, tribromomethane and those cryptic crypt foci
How to set acute reference doses for pesticides
Pesticides and congenital anomalies
Pesticides and rubber gloves
Organochlorines and endometriosis
Male hormones affected by exposure to PCBs and PCDFs
Perchlorate still an explosive issue
Cadmium and cancer of the kidney
Haematological malignancies from workplace exposures
Neurotoxicity and developmental toxicity of acrylamide
No teratogenicity in developmental toxicity studies on DEG
TiO2 particle size really matters
Nanotubes potentially toxic
Liquorice-flavoured tobacco
Low-dose smoking?
PVC allergy
Relax, lavender oil is an antimutagen
A hydroxypropyl cyclodextrin reviewed
Safety data on Surelease™ - an aqueous ethylcellulose dispersion
Potassium sorbate - contact dermatitis
Hairdressing and footwear allergen series
Contact allergy in Europe
Early-life exposure to carcinogens
Rodent carcinogenicity prediction passes muster
Another toxicology database (on its way?) PART II: WORLD NEWSEUROPEAN UNIONEFSA verdict on illegal food dyes
Fat claims reviewed by EFSA
EFSA opinions on tin and phosphorus
EFSA evaluation of five well-studied phthalates
Pesticide risk assessments from EFSA
EU risk assessment report on 2-ethoxyethyl acetate UNITED KINGDOMFSA advice on vitamin A
Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP)
Allergen labelling proposed by the FSA
COC and COM issue a joint statement on proquinazid
Royal Commission report on crop spraying and residents’ health
COC discuss perfluorooctanesulfonate and perfluorooctanoic acid UNITED STATESPesticide petitions filed with the EPA
EPA pesticide risk assessments
EPA cross-species mode-of-action assessment for bisphenol A
IRIS research needs for naphthalene
NCEA draft air quality criteria document for ozone
NTP draft Technical Reports
OEHHA confirms Public Health Goal for 1,2-dichloroethane
Cosmetic Ingredient Review OTHER AUTHORITATIVE BODIESJECFA food additive evaluations
JECFA 67th meeting agenda
Food additive specifications from JECFA
Iodine in formulated supplementary foods for Antipodean infants
Safety assessment of GM foods in Australia and New Zealand
RIVM testing strategy for immunomodulation by probiotics
RIVM report on carbamates and organophosphates
JECFA verdicts on veterinary drug residues
Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals
OECD Screening Information Data Sets
WHO assesses health effects of transport-related air pollution PART III : LEGISLATIONEUROPEAN UNIONMaximum residue levels for pesticides
Veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin
Feed additive authorisations
Genetically modified oilseed rape
Plant protection products promoted
Proposed EU ban on hair dye substances
Safety dossiers for preservative substances used for other purposes in cosmetics
European Pharmacopoeia UNITED KINGDOMPesticide residues…amendment regulations
Strychnine reprieve for moles
Detergents regulations
British Pharmacopoeia UNITED STATESEPA pesticide tolerances and exemptions | 