Workers and consumers are awash in chemicals every day. The products we use to clean ourselves and our surroundings, the food we eat, their containers, the buildings we live and work in, and every ...

The current system of chemical risk assessment is inadequate and underestimates levels of flame retardants and other pollutants needed to cause harmful health effects, according to a recent analysis.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed the use of a new, systematic tool to guide how it will rank and prioritize substances in food for post-market safety reviews. The Post-Market ...

The Permanent Senate Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area of the DFG has now published the English version of its latest research-based ...

On November 24, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the key default values that it uses in its risk assessments of new chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) ...

The European food sector has called for different methods to be used more in scientific and regulatory risk assessments. FoodDrinkEurope said New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) can improve the ...

Manufacturing or processing a chemical used in most modern car tires increases the chances of serious illnesses for workers and fence-line communities breathing the air near or in facilities, ...

Kris Thayer, director of a high-profile, endangered EPA chemical risk assessment program, has left the agency. Thayer, who led EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) division, was appointed ...

How much is an "acceptable dose" of a pollutant? Are existing studies to measure safety adequate? A systematic literature review by The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT ...