Halifax Project symposium aims to develop hypothesis for contribution of low-dose chemical mixtures to development of cancer
Studying chemical mixtures
Workshop challenges scientists to analyze epidemiological data and develop appropriate statistical methods to assess effects of exposure to chemical mixtures
Symposium: Chemical mixtures and cancer
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences hosts symposium and webcast on the Halifax Project investigating the link between low-dose chemical mixtures and cancer
Carcinogenicity of ‘cocktails’ highlighted
Series of new studies finds mixtures of everyday non-carcinogenic chemicals to be of concern for causing cancer; individual chemicals present at low levels; opportunity for improvement of chemical risk assessment and primary prevention of cancer
Chemical cocktails harmful to human health
Danish research shows that chemical cocktails often have additive effects, thus even small doses of single chemicals are potentially harmful
EuroMix: research into chemical mixtures
EU project EuroMix has been launched to investigate strategies for chemical mixture testing
Autistic features linked to prenatal exposure to EDC mixture
Research on mixture toxicity of phthalates and polybrominated diphenyl ethers presented at Endocrine’s Society annual meeting
JRC: survey on approaches for mixture toxicity assessment
The EU Commission’s Joint Research Centre aims to develop a consistent risk assessment approach for chemical mixtures
JRC addresses combined exposure to chemicals
The EU Commission’s JRC publishes a comprehensive overview on safety assessment of chemical mixtures
Need to evaluate cumulative impacts of environmental chemicals
New study identifies 300 chemicals allowed in food to potentially affect brain development