Article
16.12.2013
Risk assessment of endocrine disrupting chemicals – Introduction to this special issue
Highlights
- ? The editors of this special issue introduce the 8 papers on risk assessment of endocrine disrupting chemicals, for both human health and the environment.
- ? Endocrine disruption is a mode of action, not an end-point of toxicity.
- ? The development of the ECETOC approach to endocrine disrupting chemicals is described.
- ? There are no scientific reasons why the risk of endocrine disrupting chemicals should be assessed differently compared to other chemicals that have a threshold.
Keywords
- Endocrine disruption;
- Chemicals;
- Ecotoxicology;
- Toxicology;
- Risk assessment;
- Mode of action