| Title: |
Low-Level Exposure to Multiple Chemicals - Reason for Human Health Concerns?
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| Resource Type: |
document --> technical publication --> journal article
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| Country: |
United Kingdom
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| Year: |
2007 |
| Availability: |
Environ Health Perspect doi:10.1289/ehp.9358
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| Author 1/Producer: |
Andreas Kortenkamp
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| Other Authors/Producers: |
Michael Faust, Martin Scholze, and Thomas Backhaus
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| Author / Producer Type: |
University research group / research institute
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| Format (e.g. PDF): |
PDF
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Contaminated land-->Risk assessment-->Models
Contaminated land-->Risk assessment-->Receptor: Human health
Contaminated land-->Risk assessment-->Toxicological information
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| Short description: |
The widely held view that mixtures of dissimilarly acting chemicals are “safe”
at levels below NOAELs is not supported by empirical evidence. We show that this view is
also based on the erroneous assumption that NOAELs can be equated with zero effect levels.
Thus, on the basis of published evidence, it is difficult to rule out the possibility of mixture
effects from low dose multiple exposures.
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Submitted By:
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Professor Paul Bardos WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 05/08/2007
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