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Phthalates and Cumulative Risk Assessment: The Tasks Ahead (2008)

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People are exposed to a variety of chemicals throughout their daily lives. To protect public health, regulators use risk assessments to examine the effects of chemical exposures. At the request of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the National Research Council convened a committee to provide guidance for assessing the risk of phthalates, chemicals found in many consumer products that have been shown to affect the development of the male reproductive system of laboratory animals. The committee's report concludes that, because people are exposed to multiple phthalates and other chemicals that affect male reproductive development, a cumulative risk assessment should be conducted that evaluates the combined effects of exposure to all these chemicals. The report sets out a new vision of cumulative risk assessment that can also serve as a model for evaluating the health risks of other types of chemicals.
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