This paper provides a review of the types of emerging organic groundwater contaminants
(EGCs) which are beginning to be found in the UK. EGCs are compounds being found in …

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) microbial pesticides have a 50-year history of safety in agriculture.
Cry proteins are among the active insecticidal ingredients in these pesticides, and genes …

Most research on the effects of chemicals on biologic systems is conducted on one chemical
at a time. However, in the real world people are exposed to mixtures, not single chemicals …

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic contaminants in
the environment. Individual PCB congeners exhibit different phy sicochemical properties …

Chemical fate, effect, and damage should be accounted for in the analysis of human health
impacts by toxic chemicals in life‐cycle assessment (LCA). The goal of this article is to …

The risk assessment of pesticide residues in food is based on toxicological evaluation of the
single compounds and no internationally accepted procedure exists for evaluation of …

A major objective of combination toxicology is to establish whether a mixture of chemicals
will result in an effect similar to that expected on the basis of additivity. This requires …

In order to help prioritize future research efforts within the US, risks associated with exposure
to human prescription pharmaceutical residues in wastewater were estimated from …

The assessment of chemical mixtures is a complex topic for toxicologists, regulators, and the
public. In this article the linkage between the science of toxicology and the needs of …

The Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996 requires the US EPA to consider the
“cumulative effects” of pesticides and other substances that have a “common mechanism of …