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ArticleArchives of toxicology2022

A framework for chemical safety assessment incorporating new approach methodologies within REACH.

Nicholas Ball, Remi Bars, Philip A Botham, Andreea Cuciureanu, Mark T D Cronin, John E Doe, Tatsiana Dudzina, Timothy W Gant, Marcel Leist, Bennard van Ravenzwaay

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Article in Archives of toxicology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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44 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Nicholas BallDow Europe, Toxicology and Environmental Research and Consulting, Bachtobelstrasse 3, 8810, Horgen, Switzerland.
Remi BarsBayer CropScience, 355 rue Dostoïevski, 06903, Sophia Antipolis, France.
Philip A BothamSyngenta Product Safety, Jealott's Hill International Research Centre, Bracknell, RG42 6EY, Berkshire, UK.
Andreea CuciureanuECETOC AISBL, Rue Belliard 40, 1040, Bruxelles, Belgium.
Mark T D CroninSchool of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF, UK.
John E DoeSchool of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF, UK. j.e.doe@ljmu.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-5393-1421
Tatsiana DudzinaExxonMobilBiomedical Sciences Inc, Hermeslaan 2, 1831, Machelen, Belgium.
Timothy W GantNIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Environmental Exposures and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Marcel LeistCAAT-Europe and Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78464, Konstanz, Germany.
Bennard van RavenzwaayBASF SE, Experimental Toxicology and Ecology, Ludwigshafen, Germany.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The long-term investment in new approach methodologies (NAMs) within the EU and other parts of the world is beginning to result in an emerging consensus of how to use information from in silico, in vitro and targeted in vivo sources to assess the safety of chemicals. However, this methodology is being adopted very slowly for regulatory purposes. Here, we have developed a framework incorporating in silico, in vitro and in vivo methods designed to meet the requirements of REACH in which both hazard and exposure can be assessed using a tiered approach. The outputs from each tier are classification categories, safe doses, and risk assessments, and progress through the tiers depends on the output from previous tiers. We have exemplified the use of the framework with three examples. The outputs were the same or more conservative than parallel assessments based on conventional studies. The framework allows a transparent and phased introduction of NAMs in chemical safety assessment and enables science-based safety decisions which provide the same level of public health protection using fewer animals, taking less time, and using less financial and expert resource. Furthermore, it would also allow new methods to be incorporated as they develop through continuous selective evolution rather than periodic revolution.

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AnimalsAnimal Testing AlternativesChemical SafetyComputer SimulationEnvironmental ExposureHumansRisk AssessmentToxicity TestsChemical risk assessmentNew approach methodologyRegulatory frameworkTiered assessmentToxicity

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PMID35103819
PMCPMC8850243

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