Sandra Pohley (Creme)
06-02-2007, 05:06 PM
And why can’t I just take exposure results published on scientific papers and thus rely on historic data?
There are thousands of chemicals on the market and there are constantly new chemicals being developed and marketed. In a lot of cases, there is no accurate data or information on the actual exposure levels of consumers or populations to the chemicals of interest.
There is often information in the scientific literature on the concentration of a chemical within products or an environment, for example, but lack of actual data on the levels of exposure of the population since this depends not only on the concentration data but also on the population’s usage habits of the products or interaction with the environment – which can be complicated and can change over time.
There are thousands of chemicals on the market and there are constantly new chemicals being developed and marketed. In a lot of cases, there is no accurate data or information on the actual exposure levels of consumers or populations to the chemicals of interest.
There is often information in the scientific literature on the concentration of a chemical within products or an environment, for example, but lack of actual data on the levels of exposure of the population since this depends not only on the concentration data but also on the population’s usage habits of the products or interaction with the environment – which can be complicated and can change over time.