Cancer risk assessment - a transatlantic perspective

Serious differences in opinions about quantitative cancer risk assessment have developed between scientists and regulators in North America and Europe. In North America mathematical modeling is accepted as a pragmatic tool although it tends to be applied inflexibly. In Europe mathematical approaches...

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Published inHuman and ecological risk assessment Vol. 3; no. 4; pp. 507 - 511
Main Author Tennant, David R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis Group 01.09.1997
Subjects
food safety
quantitative risk assessment
world trade organization
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Summary:Serious differences in opinions about quantitative cancer risk assessment have developed between scientists and regulators in North America and Europe. In North America mathematical modeling is accepted as a pragmatic tool although it tends to be applied inflexibly. In Europe mathematical approaches have been rejected and their potential benefits ignored. Recent developments on both sides of the Atlantic are showing a gradual shift in opinions. It is important that an international consensus is reached soon before differences in philosophy result in unnecessary trade disputes.
ISSN:1080-7039
1549-7860
DOI:10.1080/10807039709383705