Recently, five disciplinary reports by AIRNET (Thematic Network on Air Pollution and Health) have addressed the evidence in the European Union (EU) from a variety of scientific perspectives, including epidemiology, toxicology, exposure assessment, health impact assessment, and the science policy interface (AIRNET 2005a, 2005b, 2005c, 2005d, 2005e).
From a risk assessment perspective, it can be concluded that exposure to these CMR substances presents no appreciable health risk, given the concentrations in which they occurred in or migrated from the rubber granulate currently in place on a representative number of STP in the Netherlands.
From risk assessment perspective, the results presented in Table 5 for TES exposure from all sources are considered the most relevant.
In drawing their conclusion that there is no risk from current human exposure levels, Volkel et al. (2002) overlooked several important points from a risk assessment perspective.
Further research with improved individual-level exposure assessment (taking into account, for example, time activity patterns) and phenotypic characterization in a life-course perspective is needed to better understand the effect of air pollutants on asthma.
The particle mass concentration indicated that the EP/CNT and EP/CNF samples released demands a vital new perspective on CNTs and CNFs embedded within nanocomposite materials to be considered and evaluated for occupational exposure assessment.
Cumulative exposure assessment fared no better.
The Exposure Assessment Core provides and designs equipment for air monitoring, exposure assessment, and measuring allergens.
Reflections on quantitative reasoning: An assessment perspective.
A review of traffic-related air pollution exposure assessment studies in the developing world.
