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ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2019

Assessing Human Exposure to Chemicals in Materials, Products and Articles: The International Risk Management Landscape for Phthalates.

Clara M A Eichler, Elaine A Cohen Hubal, John C Little

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Article in Environmental science & technology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Clara M A EichlerDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering , Virginia Tech , Blacksburg , Virginia 24061 , United States.
Elaine A Cohen HubalOffice of Research and Development , United States Environmental Protection Agency , Research Triangle Park , North Carolina 27709 , United States.
John C LittleDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering , Virginia Tech , Blacksburg , Virginia 24061 , United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2965-9557

Funding

Intramural EPA EPA999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Risk-based chemical safety assessments are increasingly being conducted to support chemical management decisions and informed substitution to protect public health. Rapid evaluation and prioritization of large numbers of chemicals used in materials, products, and other indoor articles has become a major focus of chemical risk management strategies. Internationally, although a shared understanding of the value of rapid risk-based evaluations appears to be emerging, implementation strategies and associated management decisions vary from one agency and jurisdiction to another. This paper highlights the international chemical risk management landscape focusing on phthalates as an example, and reviews how phthalate exposure assessments have been performed, resulting at times in different decisions based on the application of scientific information within different policy contexts. In general, the need for efficient and effective risk-based assessment approaches is driving increased needs for high-quality exposure data and validated, mechanistic exposure models. Further development of mechanistic models and related parameters will reduce uncertainties in exposure estimates and support scientific risk-based evaluations of chemical/product combinations for a variety of decisions.

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Environmental ExposurePhthalic AcidsHumansRisk AssessmentRisk Managementphthalic acidPhthalic Acids

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PMID31617344
PMCPMC9311451

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