Post on 27-Jan-2020
Christer Hogstrand King’s College London
Jean-Lou Dorne
European Food Safety Authority, Scientific Committee
EFSA’s perspective on risk assessment of chemical
mixtures
Past Activities on Chemical Mixtures in EFSA
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EFSA PPR (2008) Suitability of existing methodologies assessing cumulative and synergistic risks from pesticides to human health to set MRLs (Regulation (EC) 396/2005). EFSA Journal 704, 1-85.
EFSA PPR (2009) Assessment of cumulative human health effects of Triazole fungicides. EFSA Journal; 7 (9); 1167 [187 pp.].
EFSA PPR (2013) Identification of pesticides to be included in cumulative assessment groups on the basis of their toxicological profile. EFSA Journal 11(7):3293 [131 pp.].
EFSA PPR (2013) Relevance of dissimilar mode of action and its appropriate application for cumulative risk assessment of pesticides residues in food. EFSA Journal 11(12):3472 [40 pp.].
EFSA MIXTURE METHODS: HUMAN RISK ASSESSMENT: HUMAN RISK ASSESSMENT
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EFSA PPR (2012) Science behind the development of a risk assessment of Plant Protection Products on bees (Apis mellifera, Bombus spp. and solitary bees). EFSA Journal 10(5):2668 [275 pp.]. o Methodologies to deal with mixture toxicity/synergistic
effects of pesticides in honey bees, bumble bees and solitary bees
o Key Recommendations:
• Need dose responses: lethal/sub-lethal effects in adults/larvae to predict magnitude of interactions for honey bees, solitary bees and bumble bees- Lab work performed on 6 compounds and 6 mixtures for 3 species.
• Include multiple stressors in risk assessment (e.g chemicals and bee diseases): MUST-BEE project on-going 2015-2019
EFSA MIXTURE METHODS: ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT
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Hazard identification: Identifying specific and unambiguous toxic effects that adversely affect an organ or system (e.g. imbalance of the thyroid system).
Hazard characterisation: describing the precise nature of this adverse effect to specific organs or systems (e.g. identifying the most appropriate indicator for the specific effect, for instance, a hormone).
Data collection: Gathering data on the indicators (e.g. changes in hormone levels at the dose where the advesre effect occurs) that point to a specific toxic effect in an organ/system (e.g. imbalance of the thyroid system).
Grouping of pesticides that exhibit a similar toxicological effect into cumulative assessment groups by organ or system (e.g. thyroid).
EFSA PPR DEFINITION OF CAG FOR PESTICIDES
Groups are formed by identifying pesticides that produce similar toxic effects in a specific organ or system. The methodology consists of four stages:
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EFSA PPR DEFINITION OF CAG FOR PESTICIDES
The following groups were proposed for the 68 pesticides identified as having specific effects on the nervous system:
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Acute exposure (47) Motor division (45) Sensory division (20) Autonomic division (29)
Chronic exposure (64) Motor division (53) Sensory division (21) Autonomic division (24) Neuropathological changes (19)
EFSA Journal 2013;11(7):3293
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REVIEW OF FRAMEWORKS FOR MIXTURES RA
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Harmonised Terminology Harmonisation of terminology between EFSA and others Harmonisation of terminology between HRA and ERA
Harmonised Methodologies For HRA, between regulated compounds and contaminants Between animal health RA and ERA
Future Methods for risk assessment of multiple chemicals in combination with biological and biophysical stressors
Optimise process of problem formulation to identify chemicals of priority (exposure- and hazard-based) prior to embark on risk assessments of multiple chemicals
Integration of Exposure and Hazard-based problem formulation (Risk driven) Provide guidance taking into account differences in legal
frameworks
REVIEW OF FRAMEWORKS FOR MIXTURES RA: RECOMMENDATIONS (I)
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Exposure assessment Generate means for cross-agency occurrence data collection for
multiple priority chemicals in food samples Develop case studies and training data sets comparing
deterministic vs. probabilistic methods of exposure assessment Develop methods for aggregate exposure assessment
Hazard assessment Support harmonisation of methodologies with regards to hazard
assessment Develop methods for whole mixture approach Design a scientific basis for setting Assessment Groups Facilitate data collection on TK/TD using systematic review
Risk characterisation and uncertainty analysis Support harmonisation of methodologies for risk characterisation
and uncertainty analysis Provide guidance document for hazard assessment/risk
characterisation
REVIEW OF FRAMEWORKS FOR MIXTURES RA: RECOMMENDATIONS (II)
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Scientific Basis of Uncertainty Factors
Collection of data and generation of tools
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DATA COLLECTION PROCUREMENT 1(2)
“Metabolic interactions and synergistic effects of chemical mixtures for human risk assessment using systematic review”
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PROCUREMENTS TO COLLECT DATA 2(2)
“Combined toxicity of multiple chemicals: evidence-based approach for animal health and ecological risk assessment using systematic review”
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TK AND MULTIPLE CHEMICALS : TOOLS AND MODELS
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Procurement call on the integration of TK tools in chemical risk assessment applied to human health, animal health and the
environment aiming to develop models for single and multiple chemicals
Objective 1: Review models and tools in human, animal and environmental risk assessment
Objective 2: Collect physiological/biological parameters - Develop TK tools and models for single compounds (from
simple tools to generic PB-PK models). - Case studies 10 compounds relevant to food and feed safety
combining TK and TD Objective 3: Develop TK tools and models for multiple
chemicals (from simple tools to generic PB-PK models). - Case studies 10 compounds relevant to food/feed safety
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DYNAMIC ENERGY BUDGET (DEB) MODELS
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Procurement on modelling population dynamics of aquatic and terrestrial organisms using Dynamic Energy Budget Models aiming to develop models for the risk assessment of single and multiple chemicals
Objective 1: Review DEB models (Dec 2015) Objective 2: Collect physiological/ biological parameters-
calibration of models single compounds incl DEB (Jan 2016 - Apr 2017)
- Develop generic/specific models for aquatic and terrestrial organisms for single compounds-Endocrine case study
Objective 3: Develop tools and models for multiple chemicals (Jan 2016 - Jan 2018).
All tools in R and as Open sources on EFSA website
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Harmonisation of Human and Ecological
Risk Assessment of multiple Chemicals
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SCIENTIFIC COLLOQUIUM IN SEPTEMBER 2014
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TERMS OF REFERENCE 1(2)
The WG should review available tools for different risk assessment contexts and develop a harmonised framework for human and ecological risk assessment of combined exposure to multiple chemicals using tiered approaches.
The tiered approaches should start from first scientific principles for all relevant steps i.e.
• Problem formulation • Hazard identification and characterisation • Exposure assessment • Risk characterisation and Uncertainty analysis.
For each step, tiered approaches for harmonisation of methodologies should be developed where feasible, depending on purpose of the assessment, data availability, resources, and include explicit description of assumptions.
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TERMS OF REFERENCE 2(2)
Circumstances under which harmonisation between human and ecological risk assessment may not be possible or relevant should also be discussed.
In developing the guidance, work should start from and build on European and international methods and frameworks, to ensure inter-agency cooperation, consistency and avoid duplication of the work.
Case studies should be annexed in the GD to explore the feasibility and spectrum of applications of the proposed methods and approaches for human health and ecological risk assessment.
In line with EFSA’s initiative on Transparency and Engagement in Risk Assessment (TERA), the draft GD will be subject to public consultation. The published GD will be presented and discussed at an international event.
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TOR SUBJECTED TO PUBLIC CONSULTATION
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TIMELINE
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February 2016: Nomination of WG by the Scientific Committee
June 2016: First WG meeting November 2016: Launch Public Consultation of the ToR March 2017: Draft technical report on outcome of the
Public Consultation December 2017: Two technical reports on tiered
approaches for ecological and human risk assessment of combined exposure to multiple chemicals
June 2018: Draft guidance document prepared by WG June 2018: Public Consultation of draft Guidance December 2018: Adoption of the draft guidance
document Spring 2019: International workshop to present the SC
guidance documents
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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