Individual Risk Assessments Ignore 'Cocktail Effect' of Chemicals, Danes Warn

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Copenhagen-Danish Environment Minister Troels Lund Poulsen June 22 urged European Union nations to consider new legal measures to take into account risks entailed by chemical "cocktail" combinations.rnIn a statement issued by the Environment Ministry, Poulsen warned that the current practice of assessing endocrine disrupters and other chemicals on an individual basis down plays the risks posed by combinations of two or more substances. The statement said such effects should be included in future EU risk assessments of chemicals.