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Standards for the protection of human health are important tools used for risk management of chemical substances. They represent the limit value, the maximum level of exposure deemed acceptable or tolerable, under the particular exposure circumstances for which they are set. Usually, there is a formal assessment process by which the standard is set. From a toxicological point of view, limit values reflect a risk characterization for an available data base. Because assessments by individual scientists can differ, limits are usually based on a consensus. Although they must meet a scientific rationale, limit values also have to take into account political considerations, technical feasibility, and economic consequences.
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Wollin, KM., Illing, H.P. (2020). Limit Value Setting in Different Regulatory Areas of Toxicology. In: Reichl, FX., Schwenk, M. (eds) Regulatory Toxicology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36206-4_81-2
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