Since animals at higher tiers of the food chain must always consume large numbers of organisms from lower ones, the concentrations of methyl mercury in top predators, which often include humans, increase to levels where they could become harmful.
If an LoC is exceeded at a specific tier, then further tests at higher tiers or modelling and scaling up of effects are considered necessary [3].
Players at higher tiers in the network receive wildlife commodities from several different sub-networks of poachers and lower-tiered intermediaries [29].
Consequently, the LoC can be understood as a decision criterion indicating the necessity of further tests at higher tiers in case the LoC is exceeded.
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As long as EFSA does not explicitly state the consequences in case a LoC is not exceeded, the present provisions in the guidance can be interpreted in a way that the non-exceedance of a LoC is a stop criterion for the ERA, meaning that no further testing at higher tiers is considered necessary in order to conclude on the environmental risk of the GMO (Fig. 4).
Any subsequent tests at higher tiers are more realistic and complex.
We propose that in vivo mammalian and fish assays provide a comprehensive screening battery for diverse hormonal functions (including androgen, estrogen, and thyroid hormone), whereas Amphibia should be considered at higher tiers if there are exposure concerns.
At higher tiers of NexGen human health risk assessments, animal and in some cases human data are available for evaluating dose response relationships, major pathways for some of the critical toxicities for risk assessment can be reasonably well understood, and some in vivo human data relevant to those pathways may be available.
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