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Chemistry World
November 13, 2014
Martin Pigeon |
Public health is the bottom line Since the European Food Safety Authority's main task is regulating industry products, and industry's chief interest is to have its products authorized, independence from food companies should be the EFSA's primary concern.   |
Chemistry World
April 19, 2006
Arthur Rogers |
Europe Strives to Allay GM Fears European commission plans for `improving scientific consistency and transparency' on genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) have prompted a guarded response. |
Chemistry World
December 17, 2013
James Urquhart |
Controversial sweetener declared safe The low-calorie artificial sweetener aspartame and its breakdown products have been given the all-clear for human consumption once more by the European Food Safety Authority. |
Chemistry World
November 13, 2014
Paul Leonard |
Good science, bad science? Scientists tend to be paid by somebody, whether it is a company, a government, a research council, a consultancy or a foundation. We must move beyond superficial notions of independence to a more pragmatic, constructive and balanced approach. |
Chemistry World
May 31, 2013
Ned Stafford |
Another pesticide linked to honeybee deaths Global chemicals giant BASF is disputing a new assessment from the European Food Safety Authority warning that the insecticide fipronil poses a major risk to honeybees when used as a seed treatment for maize. |
Chemistry World
January 18, 2013
Ned Stafford |
EU food agency links pesticides to bee decline Chemical giants Bayer CropScience and Syngenta are both disputing the conclusions of a report from the European Food Safety Authority that says that bees might be at risk from neonicotinoid insecticides produced by the two companies. |
Chemistry World
October 5, 2012
Ned Stafford |
EU food agency criticizes GM maize cancer paper The European Food Safety Authority has sharply criticized a recent paper claiming that a strain of genetically modified maize and its accompanying herbicide increase the risk of tumors and organ damage in rats. |
Chemistry World
July 25, 2008
Rebecca Trager |
EU food agency finds BPA safe The EU has affirmed the safety of the controversial chemical bisphenol A (BPA), a common ingredient in plastic baby bottles and food storage containers. |
Chemistry World
December 23, 2013
Ned Stafford |
Fears over pesticide link to fetal brain harm Europe's food safety body has recommended that guidance levels for acceptable exposure to two neonicotinoid insecticides be reduced until further research is conducted on the harm they may cause to unborn children's developing nervous systems. |
Chemistry World
January 27, 2015
Emma Stoye |
BPA use poses 'no health risks', says EU The European Food Safety Authority's latest evaluation of bisphenol A has concluded that at current levels of exposure the chemical does not pose a health threat to any age group. |
Chemistry World
September 27, 2012
Ned Stafford |
Review of GM cancer scare paper The European Food Safety Authority will announce next week the preliminary results of its review of a highly controversial paper that asserts that a type of genetically modified maize and its accompanying herbicide increase the risk of tumors and organ damage in rats. |
Chemistry World
November 13, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
European food safety body finds glyphosate 'unlikely' to cause cancer The peer reviewed report has also proposed legal dosage limits for glyphosate if accidentally consumed. |
Food Processing
October 2008 |
EFSA Deems Selenium Yeast Safe The health-promoting effects ascribed to selenium have been demonstrated by numerous clinical studies. |
Chemistry World
January 14, 2013
Anthony King |
Sweetener in the clear once more The artificial sweetener aspartame has been given the all-clear by the European Food Safety Authority. After an evaluation of 'all available information' the authority concluded that aspartame poses no safety concerns for consumers. |
Chemistry World
February 5, 2013
Ned Stafford |
EU proposes neonicotinoid pesticide ban The European Commission has proposed suspending the use of three neonicotinoid pesticides on any agricultural crops that attract bees, populations of which have steadily declined in recent decades. |
Chemistry World
April 23, 2009
Ned Stafford |
Germany bans GM maize Germany's decision to ban cultivation of a strain of genetically modified maize has triggered sharp criticism from German scientists and the European chemicals industry. |
Chemistry World
September 7, 2007
Richard Van Noorden |
Food Additive Chemistry Here is a look at artificial food additives, as a study commissioned by the UK Food Standards Agency suggests they may increase hyperactivity in children. |
Chemistry World
April 11, 2008
Richard Van Noorden |
Food Additive Chemistry The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has recommended that UK manufacturers voluntarily remove six food colourings from their products by 2009. |
Chemistry World
September 16, 2008
Rebecca Trager |
BPA Linked to Heart Disease and Diabetes The first large-scale epidemiological study examining the effects of bisphenol A (BPA) on an adult population has linked exposure to the chemical to health problems including heart disease and diabetes. |
Chemistry World
November 6, 2012
Laura Howes |
Acrylamide levels in food still too high, EU says Ten years after a Swedish study found worryingly high levels of acrylamide in baked and fried foods, a new report from the European Food Safety Authority has found that little has changed and levels are still too high. |
