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DOI | 10.1289/EHP9649 |
Charting a Path Forward: Assessing the Science of Chemical Risk Evaluations under the Toxic Substances Control Act in the Context of Recent National Academies Recommendations | |
Jennifer McPartland; Rachel M. Shaffer; Mary A. Fox; Keeve E. Nachman; Thomas A. Burke; Richard A. Denison | |
2022-02-23 | |
发表期刊 | Environmental Health Perspectives |
出版年 | 2022 |
英文摘要 | AbstractBackground:In 2016, Congress enacted the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (“the Lautenberg Act”), which made major revisions to the main U.S. chemical safety law, the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Among other reforms, the Lautenberg Act mandates that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) conduct comprehensive risk evaluations of chemicals in commerce. The U.S. EPA recently finalized the first set of such chemical risk evaluations. Objectives:We examine the first 10 TSCA risk evaluations in relation to risk science recommendations from the National Academies to determine consistency with these recommendations and to identify opportunities to improve future TSCA risk evaluations by further implementing these key approaches and methods. Discussion:Our review of the first set of TSCA risk evaluations identified substantial deviations from best practices in risk assessment, including overly narrow problem formulations and scopes; insufficient characterization of uncertainty in the evidence; inadequate consideration of population variability; lack of consideration of background exposures, combined exposures, and cumulative risk; divergent approaches to dose–response assessment for carcinogens and noncarcinogens; and a flawed approach to systematic review. We believe these deviations result in underestimation of population exposures and health risks. We are hopeful that the agency can use these insights and have provided suggestions to produce chemical risk evaluations aligned with the intent and requirements of the Lautenberg Act and the best available science to better protect health and the environment—including the health of those most vulnerable to chemical exposures. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP9649 |
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/347134 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Jennifer McPartland,Rachel M. Shaffer,Mary A. Fox,et al. Charting a Path Forward: Assessing the Science of Chemical Risk Evaluations under the Toxic Substances Control Act in the Context of Recent National Academies Recommendations[J]. Environmental Health Perspectives,2022. |
APA | Jennifer McPartland,Rachel M. Shaffer,Mary A. Fox,Keeve E. Nachman,Thomas A. Burke,&Richard A. Denison.(2022).Charting a Path Forward: Assessing the Science of Chemical Risk Evaluations under the Toxic Substances Control Act in the Context of Recent National Academies Recommendations.Environmental Health Perspectives. |
MLA | Jennifer McPartland,et al."Charting a Path Forward: Assessing the Science of Chemical Risk Evaluations under the Toxic Substances Control Act in the Context of Recent National Academies Recommendations".Environmental Health Perspectives (2022). |
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