| Title: |
On the Use of Mixture Toxicity Assessment in REACH and the Water Framework Directive: A Review
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| Resource Type: |
document --> technical publication --> journal article
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| Country: |
Denmark
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| Year: |
2010 |
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Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal. 15(6): 1257-1272.
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| Author 1/Producer: |
K. Syberg; T. S. Jensen; N. Cedergreen; J. Rank
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| Author / Producer Type: |
University research group / research institute
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Water and sanitation-->Wastewater
Water resources and their management -->Stresses, quality and ecological status
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| Short description: |
EXTRACT: Integrating chemical mixture assessments into REACH and the WFD
New research has supported a more thorough integration of toxic mixture
assessments into two major pieces of EU legislation: REACH and the
Water Framework Directive. It recommended constructing a database of
harmful chemicals in the environment which, among other uses, could
assess mixture toxicity using a 'Concentration Addition' method.
The effect of chemicals on ecosystems and human health is mainly due to
exposures to mixtures rather than to individual chemicals. However, two
large pieces of EU legislation aimed at regulating chemicals - the
Registration, Evaluation and Assessment of Chemicals (REACH)1 and the
Water Framework Directive (WFD)2 - primarily use approaches that
assess the toxicity of single chemicals. Only specific types of mixtures,
such as oil compounds, are covered by REACH.
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Submitted By:
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Professor Paul Bardos WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 10/06/2010
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