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Identifying, assessing and preventing intoxications
(17 Dec 2009)
45 years’ successful prevention work by the BfR Committee for the Assessment of Intoxications
The Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) staged a celebratory event to mark the 45th anniversary of the Committee for the Assessment of Intoxications which is attached to the Institute. Since the Committee was set up in 1964 several ...
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Cadmium in food
(15 Dec 2009)
BfR brochure uses the example of the heavy metal to demonstrate how a risk is assessed
In its new brochure "Cadmium in food - A recent assessment of the population’s intake", the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) uses the example of the heavy metal to demonstrate how food risks are assessed scientifically. Cadmium occurs ...
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How safe is safe?
(04 Dec 2009)
BfR stakeholder conference explores the opportunities and limits of state risk prevention
When are we sufficiently protected from danger? Does the state ensure that risks are kept to a minimum? The question about how far state risk prevention can go and the degree of safety that state measures can, may and must offer is raised not only ...
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Hair dyeing without any risk - is that possible?
(30 Oct 2009)
BfR Symposium on the latest scientific findings about cancer and allergy risks from hair dyes
Hair dyes have attracted major attention since the evaluation of epidemiological studies from the USA from 2001 identified signs of an elevated risk of bladder cancer amongst hairdressers and consumers who had used hair dyes particularly prior to ...
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Glow sticks are not for small children
(22 Oct 2009)
BfR records increased number of accidents involving small children and glow sticks
Since 2005 the Berlin poison emergency hotline has recorded a major increase in accidents involving small children and glow sticks. In 2005 105 inquiries were recorded but by last year this number had risen to 393. The poison emergency hotline has ...
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Detect allergens in food within a few minutes
(22 Sep 2009)
BfR research project on the development of innovative analytical methods
The Food Safety Department of the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) is working on the development of a rapid test to detect allergenic substances in food. Within the framework of a research project supported by the Federal Ministry of ...
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EFSA confirms BfR position on detection methods for algal toxins in mussels
(14 Sep 2009)
BfR recommends replacement of animal experiments with chemical-analytical methods
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has evaluated regulatory limits and detection methods for biotoxins in mussels. Up to now an animal experiment in mice had been prescribed as the reference method. Strategies for the control of these toxins ...
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Science for the protection of consumers
(26 Aug 2009)
BfR publishes its Annual Report for 2008
Do toner particles pose a threat to health? Does dioxin in pork constitute a risk for consumers? Can fragrances trigger allergies? The Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) assesses risks from many areas of daily life. They include things like ...
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Cadmium: New challenge for food safety?
(17 Jul 2009)
Cadmium is not wanted in food as it can damage health. In January 2009 the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) established a new guidance value for the lifelong tolerable weekly intake of the heavy metal. The new value of 2.5 µg per kilogram body ...
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Children are not small adults
(08 Jul 2009)
Risks for children must be assessed differently from risks for adults. When evaluating potential risks from chemical substances, risk assessors must bear in mind that in relation to their body weight children have a larger skin surface, eat more and ...
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