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Front. Toxicol.
Sec. Regulatory Toxicology
Volume 6 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/ftox.2024.1444024
This article is part of the Research Topic Emerging topics on chemical safety assessment View all articles

Science evolves but outdated testing and static risk management in the US delay protection to human health

Provisionally accepted
Maricel V. Maffini Maricel V. Maffini 1*Laura N. Vandenberg Laura N. Vandenberg 2
  • 1 Consultant, Frederick, MD, United States
  • 2 University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon.

    Keywords: US Food and Drug Administration, US Environmental Protection Agency, HAZARD ASSESSMENT, Per-and polyfluorinated alkyl substances, regulation

    Received: 04 Jun 2024; Accepted: 23 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Maffini and Vandenberg. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Maricel V. Maffini, Consultant, Frederick, MD, United States

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