Cancer risk assessment — a transatlantic perspective
- 1 September 1997
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal
- Vol. 3 (4) , 507-511
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10807039709383705
Abstract
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.Keywords
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