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Almost 200 Chemicals Linked to Breast Cancer Are Found in Food Packaging

Drugs.com

24, 2024 -- Food sold in shrink wrap, on cardboard trays or in paper containers might contain any of nearly 200 chemicals linked to breast cancer, a new study warns.Commonly used food packaging materials contain 189 chemicals that. TUESDAY, Sept.

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Many Toxic Chemicals Leach Into Human Bodies From Food Packaging

Drugs.com

17, 2024 -- That plastic wrap you find around the food you eat is far from benign: A new study shows that more than 3,600 chemicals leach into food during the packaging process.Of TUESDAY, Sept. that number, 79 chemicals are known to cause cancer.

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Say Goodbye to PFAS Chemicals in Food Packaging: FDA

Drugs.com

28, 2024 -- PFAS "forever" chemicals, increasingly linked to health risks, will no longer be added to food packaging handled by American consumers, the U.S. WEDNESDAY, Feb. Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday."Grease-proofing Grease-proofing materials.

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New Viral Vectors - Fall 2024

addgene Blog

This includes the first Addgene prep packaged in the AAV9-X1.1 If the fall colors are inspiring you to paint your cells in equally vivid colors, you'll want to check out the 34 new preps available in the Addgene viral vector repository! serotype.

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Perficient Atlanta: Making a Community Impact in 2024

Perficient: Drug Development

Continue reading below for a summary of what we’ve done in 2024 thus far! Restoring One’s Hope – Feed the Hungry On March 9th 2024, Atlanta colleagues volunteered with Restoring One’s Hope Atlanta for their Feed the Hungry program to prep and package full meals and hygiene kits for the unhoused population in Atlanta.

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Article Periodic Thank You Commission unveils “one substance, one assessment” reform package

Agency IQ

Commission unveils “one substance, one assessment” reform package The Commission has long aspired to realize its one substance, one assessment concept in the EU’s chemical regulatory regime. Analysis One wonders what role the envisioned ECHA basic regulation will have in supporting this reform package.

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FDA Warns of Dangerous Counterfeit Eyedrops

Drugs.com

1, 2024 -- Certain copycat eyedrops may be contaminated and could give users an antibiotic-resistant eye infection, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Wednesday.The packaging for South Moon, Rebright and FivFivGo eyedrops. THURSDAY, Feb.

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