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- Limiting industrial trans fatty acids in food to protect consumers
A new European regulation setting a legal limit for industrially-produced trans fatty acids (iTFA) came into force on 14 May. JRC's scientific work has played an important role supporting the intro... - Global fossil CO2 emissions increased in 2017
Global anthropogenic fossil CO2 emissions increased by 1.2% in 2017 compared to the previous year, reaching 37.1 gigatonnes (Gt) CO2. The 0.43 GT increase corresponds to the total yearly CO2 emissi...
- Heat pump that uses propane instead of fluorinated greenhouse gases
"Heating and hot water account for around 40 percent of Germany's final energy consumption. Burning high-quality fossil fuels such as natural gas or crude oil not only makes little sense energetica... - New test methods for plastic and rubber product safety
JRC scientists have developed new methods to measure the content and migration of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) from rubber and plastic items. PAHs are a group of hazardous compounds -... - New EU environmental standards for waste treatment
New emissions and efficiency standards will help national authorities to lower the environmental impact of the largest waste treatment installations in the EU, dealing with both hazardous and non-h... - A ruthenium-based catalyst with highly active, flat surfaces outperforms metal-based competitors
Scientists in Japan and India have developed a reusable, high-performance catalyst based on flat-shaped ruthenium nanoparticles (Ru-NP) for the production of valuable chemicals. Due to its demonstr... - New EU rules to reduce marine litter
With the amount of harmful plastic litter in oceans and seas growing ever greater, the European Commission is proposing new EU-wide rules to target the 10 single-use plastic products most often fou... - Europe-wide awareness-raising campaign "Dangerous Substances"
The launch marks the start of 2 years of events and activities aimed at drawing attention to the issue and promoting the best ways of tackling the risks that dangerous substances pose to workers. ... - Plastic Waste: a European strategy to protect the planet
It will protect the environment from plastic pollution whilst fostering growth and innovation, turning a challenge into a positive agenda for the Future of Europe. There is a strong business case f...
- Reviewing safety of glutamates added to food
EFSA has established a safe intake level for glutamic acid and glutamates used as food additives after re-evaluating their safety. The Authority also concluded that estimated dietary exposure to gl... - Endocrine disruptors: major step towards protecting citizens and environment
Member States representatives voted in favour of the European Commission's proposal on scientific criteria to identify endocrine disruptors in the field of plant protection products. This is an imp...
- Strengthening nanotechnology for Europe
Nanotechnology is a 21st century technology. It allows products of just a few nanometres in size to be produced in any shape desired: for microprocessors, for electronic circuits in computers and i... - Process contaminants in vegetable oils and foods
Glycerol-based process contaminants found in palm oil, but also in other vegetable oils, margarines and some processed foods, raise potential health concerns for average consumers of these foods in... - Proficiency in monitoring radioactivity in air
JRC scientists organised an inter-laboratory comparison study to assess the measurement performance of EU monitoring laboratories. For this purpose, air filters were spiked with 137Cs. The results ... - Novel EU-funded collaborative proteomics project to bring proteomics to clinical application
Novel proteomic technologies that are so robust and powerful that they can be used in every biological laboratory and in every clinic are expected as results of the currently starting research cons...
- Merck Secures All Antitrust Approvals for Sigma-Aldrich Acquisition
Merck announced that approvals have been secured from all relevant jurisdictions for its planned acquisition of U.S.-based life science company Sigma-Aldrich. Unconditional approval from Brazil's C... - Flavouring substance considered a safety concern
The flavouring substance p-Mentha-1,8-dien-7-al (also called "Perilla aldehyde") has been shown to be genotoxic (damaging to DNA) in a new study on animals, evaluated by EFSA's experts. Under EFSA'... - Suitable reference materials for PAHs in baby food
JRC scientists assessed the feasibility for the production of baby food certified reference materials (CRMs) containing a number of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) at low level concentratio... - New information system on raw materials
The JRC launches the Raw Materials Information System (RMIS), a comprehensive online repository of information on policies, activities and data related to the European raw materials sector. The RMI...
- ePIC - a new IT-tool for exporters and importers of certain hazardous chemicals
The new ePIC tool will fully replace the European Commission tool, EDEXIM, which is currently used for operations under the Prior Informed Consent Regulation (PIC). ePIC enables exporters, importer... - Discussion about labelling and reporting schemes for nanomaterials in consumer products in the EU
JRC experts provide an overview on how EU legislation addresses nanomaterials, and recapitulate issues relevant for the on-going discussion on transparency and requests for more information regardi... - JRC support to Commission's Recommendation on shale gas
On 22 January, the European Commission issued a Recommendation on minimum principles for the exploration and production of hydrocarbons (such as shale gas) using high volume hydraulic fracturing in... - New web platform on nanomaterials released
The JRC released a first version of its web platform on nanomaterials which is mainly based on links to available information. The wide use of nanomaterials in innovative applications and new consu...
- Successful graphene synthesis out of single molecules
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) working with Xinliang Feng and Klaus Müllen succeeded in producing remarkably long, structurally well-defined and liquid-phase... - Open access to research publications reaching "tipping point"
The global shift towards making research findings available free of charge for readers-so-called 'open access'-was confirmed today in a study funded by the European Commission. This new research su...