Modified Reference Point Index (mRPI) and a decision tree for deriving uncertainty factors: A practical approach to cumulative risk assessment of food contaminant mixtures.

Autor: Vejdovszky K; Department of Risk Assessment, Division of Data, Statistics & Risk Assessment, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Spargelfeldstraße 191, 1220, Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: katharina.vejdovszky@ages.at., Mihats D; Department of Data Management, Division of Data, Statistics & Risk Assessment, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Spargelfeldstraße 191, 1220, Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: daniela.mihats@ages.at., Griesbacher A; Department of Statistics and Analytical Epidemiology, Division of Data, Statistics & Risk Assessment, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Spargelfeldstraße 191, 1220, Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: antonia.griesbacher@ages.at., Wolf J; Department of Data Management, Division of Data, Statistics & Risk Assessment, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Spargelfeldstraße 191, 1220, Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: josef.wolf@ages.at., Steinwider J; Department of Risk Assessment, Division of Data, Statistics & Risk Assessment, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Spargelfeldstraße 191, 1220, Vienna, Austria., Lueckl J; Department of Statistics and Analytical Epidemiology, Division of Data, Statistics & Risk Assessment, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Spargelfeldstraße 191, 1220, Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: johann.steinwider@ages.at., Jank B; Department of Food Safety and Consumer Protection, Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection, Radetzkystraße 2, 1030, Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: bernhard.jank@sozialministerium.at., Kopacka I; Department of Statistics and Analytical Epidemiology, Division of Data, Statistics & Risk Assessment, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Spargelfeldstraße 191, 1220, Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: johannes.lueckl@ages.at., Rauscher-Gabernig E; Department of Risk Assessment, Division of Data, Statistics & Risk Assessment, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Spargelfeldstraße 191, 1220, Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: elke.rauscher-gabernig@ages.at.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association [Food Chem Toxicol] 2019 Dec; Vol. 134, pp. 110812. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Sep 07.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2019.110812
Abstrakt: Risk assessment of chemical mixtures remains a challenging task in all areas of food and consumer safety. So far, no general method has been developed that is best suited to several subject areas (e.g. food contaminants, additives and supplements, plant protection products). Especially for mixtures of food contaminants sophisticated methods are typically not applicable due to a general lack of complete toxicological data sets. We developed a new approach, the modified Reference Point Index (mRPI), that combines the advantages of the Hazard Index and the Reference Point Index. Furthermore, we developed a decision tree for the determination of specific uncertainty factors that makes the mRPI an easy to use method for cumulative risk assessment even in a data poor field such as food contaminants. To further characterise the estimated cumulative risks, the Maximum Cumulative Ratio (MCR) was adapted to be applied on the mRPI, and the modified Maximum Cumulative Ratio (mMCR) was established to identify whether the risks are dominated by a single substance. We present two case studies assessing the nephrotoxic and neurotoxic risks for the Austrian population originating from food contaminant mixtures. Calculations could not rule out potential cumulative risks, yet, they seemed to be dominated by single substances.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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