Public consultation on the terms of reference of the Scientific Committee Working Group on ‘Harmonisation of risk assessment methodologies for human health and ecological risk assessment of combined exposure to multiple chemicals’

The European Food Safety Agency launched in October 2016 an initiative to propose methods for carrying out risk assessment regarding the exposition to multiple chemicals.

Following input from this public consultation, a working group would develop a draft guidance document for human and ecological risk assessment of combined exposure to multiple chemicals using existing frameworks as starting points and tiered approaches for each step.

ESO: Background information: Assessing 'chemical mixtures' – current approaches and future priorities http://www.europeansources.info/record/assessing-chemical-mixtures-current-approaches-and-future-priorities/

EurActiv, 02.11.16: EFSA launches public consultation into ‘cocktail effects’ of chemicals http://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/news/efsa-launches-public-consultation-into-cocktail-effects-of-chemicals/

EFSA: News, 25.10.16: Chemical mixtures: help us define ‘MixTox’ before work starts http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/press/news/161024

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