The real role of risk assessment in cancer risk management |
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| Authors: | W K Lutz J Poetzsch J Schlatter C Schlatter |
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| Affiliation: | Institute of Toxicology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. |
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| Abstract: | Regulatory actions taken to reduce the risk of harmful effects of exposure to chemicals often are not commensurate with the toxicological risk assessment. A number of factors relating to psychology, sociology, economics and politics rather than science and medicine affect the final decision. Werner Lutz and colleagues illustrate the situation using the leukemia-inducing chemical benzene as an example. |
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