Title :

Integrating Selection and Risk Assessment of Chemical Mixtures: A Novel Approach Applied to a Breast Milk Survey.

Author(s) :

Crépet, Amélie [Auteur]
Vasseur, Paule [Auteur]
Jean, Julien [Auteur]
Badot, Pierre-Marie [Auteur]
Nesslany, Fabrice [Auteur]
IMPact de l'Environnement Chimique sur la Santé humaine (IMPECS) - ULR 4483
Laboratoire de Toxicologie génétique [LTG]
Vernoux, Jean-Paul [Auteur]
Feidt, Cyril [Auteur]
Mhaouty-Kodja, Sakina [Auteur]

Journal title :

Environmental Health Perspectives

Abbreviated title :

Environ Health Perspect

Volume number :

130

Pages :

35001

Publisher :

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Publication date :

2022-03-03

ISSN :

1552-9924

English keyword(s) :

Hazardous Substances
Risk Assessment
Breast Milk

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]
Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]/Toxicologie
Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]/Alimentation et Nutrition

English abstract : [en]

BACKGROUND: One of the main challenges of modern risk assessment is to account for combined exposure to the multitude of various substances present in food and the environment. OBJECTIVE : The present work proposes a ...
Show more >BACKGROUND: One of the main challenges of modern risk assessment is to account for combined exposure to the multitude of various substances present in food and the environment. OBJECTIVE : The present work proposes a methodological approach to perform chemical risk assessment of contaminant mixtures across regulatory silos regarding an extensive range of substances and to do so when comprehensive relevant data concerning the specific effects and modes of action of the mixture components are not available. METHODS : We developed a complete step-by-step approach using statistical methods to prioritize substances involved in combined exposure, and we used a component-based approach to cumulate the risk using dose additivity. The most relevant toxicological end point and the associated reference point were selected from the literature to construct a toxicological threshold for each substance. DISCUSSION: By applying the proposed method to contaminants in breast milk, we observed that among the 19 substances comprising the selected mixture, Σ DDT, Σ PCBi, and arsenic were main joint contributors to the risk of neurodevelopmental and thyroid effects for infants. In addition,Σ PCCD=F contributed to the thyroid effect and Σ aldrin-dieldrin to the neurodevelopmental effect. Our case study on contaminants in breast milk demonstrated the importance of crossing regulatory silos when studying mixtures and the importance of identifying risk drivers to regulate the risk related to environmental contamination. Applying this method to another set of data, such as human biomonitoring or in ecotoxicology, will reinforce its relevance for risk assessment.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
CHU Lille
Institut Pasteur de Lille

Collections :

• IMPact de l'Environnement Chimique sur la Santé humaine (IMPECS) - ULR 4483

Submission date :

2023-10-20T06:09:31Z
2024-02-26T15:17:09Z