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General Introduction

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In the last decade there has been considerable activity in the field of risk assessment. This has mainly taken place in international bodies such as the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the World Health Organization (WHO) — especially in the context of its International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS), the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO), the Council of Europe and the European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals (ECETOC) [1–10]. Various regulations in which risk assessment plays a crucial part have been issued by the European Communities (EC) and similar activities are taking place in other parts of the world, e.g., the U.S., Canada and Japan [11–14]. Most of these developments would not have occurred without the contributions of many individual scientists and their organizations.

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  1. Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment, The Hague & Research Institute of Toxicology, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

    C. J. van Leeuwen

  2. Research Institute of Toxicology, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

    J. L. M. Hermens

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van Leeuwen, C.J. (1995). General Introduction. In: van Leeuwen, C.J., Hermens, J.L.M. (eds) Risk Assessment of Chemicals. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8520-0_1

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