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June 29, 2016

Are ‘safe levels’ safe?

Article questions effectiveness of current chemical risk assessment in protecting public health; explains non-monotonic dose response and why it should be considered in assessing chemicals’ toxicity

Topics: endocrine disruptor, mixture toxicity, non-monotonic dose-response, risk assessment, toxicity testing

Reading time: 2 minutes

June 29, 2016

EFSA: New guidance for priority topics

EFSA’s Scientific Committee identifies priority topics requiring new guidance such as interpretation of epidemiological studies, chemical mixtures, and nanotechnologies

Topics: EFSA, epidemiology, mixture toxicity, nanomaterials, TTC

Reading time: 1 minute

June 28, 2016

Accumulation of carcinogens in people

Report by Environmental Working Group compiles inventory of carcinogens present in the bodies of American people; recommends further studying carcinogenic 'cocktails' and reducing exposures

Topics: chronic disease, mixture toxicity

Reading time: 1 minute

June 17, 2016

Epidemiology of mixtures: Xenoestrogens and breast cancer

Scientists find strong association between breast cancer risk and total burden of xenoestrogens; in contrast, individual compounds show only weak associations, if any

Topics: chronic disease, epidemiology, estrogenic, mixture toxicity

Reading time: 1 minute

June 9, 2016

Tackling chemical mixtures

EFSA and RIVM host symposium on health risks of chemicals mixtures; present European and international research projects taking on the subject

Topics: EFSA, epidemiology, mixture toxicity, risk assessment

Reading time: 1 minute

June 9, 2016

RIVM annual report 2015

Annual report of Dutch institute for public health (RIVM) now available online

Topics: exposure, mixture toxicity

Reading time: 0 minutes

June 3, 2016

Risk assessment of chemical mixtures

Scientists from EC Joint Research Centre review legislation and approaches currently used for risk assessment of chemical mixtures; evaluate case studies, discuss challenges and novel tools

Topics: European Commission, JRC, mixture toxicity, risk assessment

Reading time: 2 minutes

March 14, 2016

EFSA-RIVM symposium on chemical mixtures

Symposium co-organized by EFSA and RIVM addresses methods for assessing public health risks arising from exposure to chemical mixtures

Topics: EFSA, events, mixture toxicity, risk assessment

Reading time: 1 minute

January 12, 2016

Chemical mixtures in epidemiology

Article in Environmental Health Perspective outlines how epidemiological studies can approach individual, interactive and cumulative effects of chemicals in mixtures on human health

Topics: epidemiology, mixture toxicity

Reading time: 1 minute

December 1, 2015

Opinions: Toxic chemicals in everyday products

Article in New York Times outlines the issue of exposure to toxic chemicals from common products and the consequences for human health

Topics: chronic disease, development, diabetes, endocrine disruptor, epidemiology, exposure, flame retardants, low dose, mixture toxicity, non-monotonic dose-response, obesity, prenatal, regulation

Reading time: 2 minutes

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