• EDCs: The Facts
    • Health impacts
    • Wildlife and the environment
    • List of endocrine disruptors
  • Reduce Your Risk
    • Food, food packaging and cooking
    • Toiletries, cosmetics and menstrual products
    • Cleaning products
    • Furniture, carpets, and clothes
    • Till receipts
    • Baby products: advice for parents
  • Our Approach
  • Our Policy Site
  • Take action
  • Contact us

News

Shopping for cosmetics? Make sure you know what’s in the products

Shopping for cosmetics? Make sure you know what’s in the products

Feb 2, 2021

A recent comparative study on cosmetics highlights the importance of knowing what chemicals are in the products you are buying, particularly when shopping online.

New food packaging chemicals test reveal 8 in 10 products containing harmful chemical DEHP

New food packaging chemicals test reveal 8 in 10 products containing harmful chemical DEHP

Jan 27, 2021

New test results published last week by the Swedish Chemicals Agency revealed worrying levels of hazardous chemicals present in food packaging products: the results showed that over 80% of products tested contained DEHP, a known hormone disrupting chemical.

McDonald’s announces global PFAS ban in food packaging

McDonald’s announces global PFAS ban in food packaging

Jan 21, 2021

Last week the international fast food chain McDonald’s announced a global ban of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in its food packaging. The company stated it would phase out PFAS in its packaging products entirely by 2025. The company also disclosed it has already eliminated the other harmful chemicals BPA and BPS in its takeaway packaging.

Banned persistent organic pollutants could be negatively affecting the fertility of male cetaceans, new study reveals

Banned persistent organic pollutants could be negatively affecting the fertility of male cetaceans, new study reveals

Jan 14, 2021

A scientific study has found that exposure to banned polychlorinated byphenyls (PCBs) in the ocean could be negatively affecting the fertility of male harbour porpoises.

2020 Highlights from CHEM Trust

2020 Highlights from CHEM Trust

Jan 8, 2021

Happy New Year! While 2020 was a very challenging year for everyone, we wanted to highlight some of the good news on actions to protect our health and the environment from harmful chemicals.

New citizen survey on chemical safety and human biomonitoring

New citizen survey on chemical safety and human biomonitoring

Dec 10, 2020

The European Human Biomonitoring Initiative (HBM4EU), a project which looks at our exposure to chemicals across Europe, is asking European citizens to fill in a survey on their perspectives on chemical safety and human biomonitoring.

Food Packaging Forum launches new chemicals database

Food Packaging Forum launches new chemicals database

Dec 4, 2020

This week researchers lead by the Food Packaging Forum launched their free database of chemicals in food contact materials (FCM).

Action demanded of UK Government on ‘Forever Chemicals’

Action demanded of UK Government on ‘Forever Chemicals’

Nov 26, 2020

Last week Scottish NGO Fidra launched a campaign asking the UK government to take immediate action to ban ‘Forever Chemicals’ PFAS (per- or poly-fluorinated alkyl substances) in food packaging.

New study shows that plastic baby bottles can release millions of microplastics per day

New study shows that plastic baby bottles can release millions of microplastics per day

Nov 19, 2020

A recent study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Food, has found that plastic baby bottles can release millions of microplastics each day. Some bottles released up to 16.2 million microplastics per litre of formula.

Harmful fungicide Mancozeb to be banned in the EU

Harmful fungicide Mancozeb to be banned in the EU

Nov 13, 2020

In some great news for our health, EU Member States have voted to ban Mancozeb, a fungicide that is known to be an endocrine disruptor and toxic to reproduction.

« Older Entries
Next Entries »

OUR POLICY NEWS

Our policy blog
Our publications
Our talks

ABOUT US

Our funders
Annual reports

CONTACT US

Our policy newsletter

PRIVACY POLICY

  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow
« Previous Page