Something from nothing? Ensuring the safety of chemical mixtures
Headlines
- Humans and the environment are exposed to a cocktail of chemicals from different sources.
- Combined exposure to multiple chemicals can lead to health/ environmental effects even if single substances in the mixture do not exceed safe levels.
- The assessment and management of mixtures is only partly covered by current legislation, which focuses on single substances in isolated sectors.
- Methodology to address mixture risks is available, yet many knowledge gaps need to be filled. In particular, real co-exposure patterns are mostly unknown.
- JRC is performing research on new strategies to assess the combination effects of chemicals.
BOPP Stephanie;
RICHARZ Andrea;
WORTH Andrew;
BERGGREN Elisabet;
WHELAN Maurice;
2018-06-07
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC111886
978-92-79-86747-7,
1831-9424,
EUR 29258 EN,
OP KJ-NA-29258-EN-N,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC111886,
10.2760/618648,
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