TY - JOUR
T1 - Genotoxicity assessment of chemical mixtures
AU - More, Simon
AU - Bampidis, Vasileios
AU - Benford, Diane
AU - Boesten, Jos
AU - Bragard, Claude
AU - Halldorsson, Thorhallur
AU - Hernandez-Jerez, Antonio
AU - Hougaard-Bennekou, Susanne
AU - Koutsoumanis, Kostas
AU - Naegeli, Hanspeter
AU - Nielsen, Søren Saxmose
AU - Schrenk, Dieter
AU - Silano, Vittorio
AU - Turck, Dominique
AU - Younes, Maged
AU - Aquilina, Gabriele
AU - Crebelli, Riccardo
AU - Gürtler, Rainer
AU - Hirsch-Ernst, Karen Ildico
AU - Mosesso, Pasquale
AU - Nielsen, Elsa
AU - Solecki, Roland
AU - Carfì, Maria
AU - Martino, Carla
AU - Maurici, Daniela
AU - Parra Morte, Juan
AU - Schlatter, Josef
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - The EFSA Scientific Committee addressed in this document the peculiarities related to the genotoxicity assessment of chemical mixtures. The EFSA Scientific Committee suggests that first a mixture should be chemically characterised as far as possible. Although the characterisation of mixtures is relevant also for other toxicity aspects, it is particularly significant for the assessment of genotoxicity. If a mixture contains one or more chemical substances that are individually assessed to be genotoxic in vivo via a relevant route of administration, the mixture raises concern for genotoxicity. If a fully chemically defined mixture does not contain genotoxic chemical substances, the mixture is of no concern with respect to genotoxicity. If a mixture contains a fraction of chemical substances that have not been chemically identified, experimental testing of the unidentified fraction should be considered as the first option or, if this is not feasible, testing of the whole mixture should be undertaken. If testing of these fraction(s) or of the whole mixture in an adequately performed set of in vitro assays provides clearly negative results, the mixture does not raise concern for genotoxicity. If in vitro testing provides one or more positive results, an in vivo follow-up study should be considered. For negative results in the in vivo follow-up test(s), the possible limitations of in vivo testing should be weighed in an uncertainty analysis before reaching a conclusion of no concern with respect to genotoxicity. For positive results in the in vivo follow-up test(s), it can be concluded that the mixture does raise a concern about genotoxicity.
AB - The EFSA Scientific Committee addressed in this document the peculiarities related to the genotoxicity assessment of chemical mixtures. The EFSA Scientific Committee suggests that first a mixture should be chemically characterised as far as possible. Although the characterisation of mixtures is relevant also for other toxicity aspects, it is particularly significant for the assessment of genotoxicity. If a mixture contains one or more chemical substances that are individually assessed to be genotoxic in vivo via a relevant route of administration, the mixture raises concern for genotoxicity. If a fully chemically defined mixture does not contain genotoxic chemical substances, the mixture is of no concern with respect to genotoxicity. If a mixture contains a fraction of chemical substances that have not been chemically identified, experimental testing of the unidentified fraction should be considered as the first option or, if this is not feasible, testing of the whole mixture should be undertaken. If testing of these fraction(s) or of the whole mixture in an adequately performed set of in vitro assays provides clearly negative results, the mixture does not raise concern for genotoxicity. If in vitro testing provides one or more positive results, an in vivo follow-up study should be considered. For negative results in the in vivo follow-up test(s), the possible limitations of in vivo testing should be weighed in an uncertainty analysis before reaching a conclusion of no concern with respect to genotoxicity. For positive results in the in vivo follow-up test(s), it can be concluded that the mixture does raise a concern about genotoxicity.
KW - genotoxicity assessment
KW - chemical mixtures
KW - uncertainty analysis
U2 - 10.2903/j.efsa.2019.5519
DO - 10.2903/j.efsa.2019.5519
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 32626066
SN - 1831-4732
VL - 17
JO - EFSA Journal
JF - EFSA Journal
IS - 1
M1 - e05519
ER -