期刊
JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
卷 286, 期 -, 页码 589-611出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.12.012
关键词
Risk assessment; Endocrine disrupting chemical; Human health; Hormonally active agent; Microcontaminant
资金
- USAID Middle East Regional Cooperation (MERC) Program [TA-MOU-11-M31-015]
Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) are a diverse group of chemicals of emerging concern which have attracted much interest from the research community since the 1990s. Today there is still no definitive risk assessment tool for EDCs. While some decision making organizations have attempted to design methodology guidelines to evaluate the potential risk from this broadly defined group of constituents, risk assessors still face many uncertainties and unknowns. Until a risk assessment paradigm is designed specifically for EDCs and is vetted by the field, traditional risk assessment tools may be used with caution to evaluate EDCs. In doing so, each issue of contention should be addressed with transparency in order to leverage available information and technology without sacrificing integrity or accuracy. The challenges that EDCs pose to traditional risk assessment are described in this article to assist in this process. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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