The Practice of Consumer Exposure Assessment, 1st ed. 2019

This book closes a current gap by providing the scientific basis for consumer exposure assessment in the context of regulatory risk assessment. Risk is defined as the likelihood of an event occurring and the severity of its effects. The margin between the dose that leads to toxic effects and the actual dose of a chemical is identified by estimating population exposure. The objective of this book is to provide an introduction into the scientific principles of consumer exposure assessment, and to describe the methods used to estimate doses of chemicals, the statistics applied and computer tools needed. This is presented through the backgrounds of the special fields in exposure analysis, such as exposure via food and by the use of consumer products, toys, clothing and other items. As a general concept, human exposure is also understood to include exposure via the environment and from the work setting. In this context, the specific features of consumer exposure are pointed out and put into the context of regulation, in particular food safety, chemicals safety (REACh) and consumer product safety.

Gerhard Heinemeyer (MD) is a clinical pharmacologist and toxicologist. He has been worked for many years in the field of exposure assessment, as the head of the unit “exposure assessment and exposure standardisation” in the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment in Berlin (Germany). In 2014, he retired from that position. He took part as an expert in numerous international expert groups at WHO, OECD, EFSA and the European Commission, in particularly the EFSA CONTAM panel, the REACh Implementation Project 3.2 (chemical safety report) as he joined the PERFOOD Project in the 7th EU Framework program. His work at BfR comprised all aspects of consumer exposure, particularly food exposure, exposures via use of consumer products and exposure in the context of the REACh regulation. Under his lead, BfR started the national food consumption survey for children (KIESEL Study) and the first national German total diet study. He also inaugurated a pilot study that evaluated consumer behaviour. His work is complemented by his activities the WHO working group for uncertainty analysis, exposure modeling and combined exposures. He has contributed a chapter on "Expositions szenarios" for the Springerreference "Regulatory Toxicology" by Reichl/Schwenk, ISBN 978-3-642-35373-4

Prof. Matti Jantunen, MSME (1971) Tampere University of Technology, MSEE (1976) and PhD (1978) UNC Chapel Hill, School of Public Health.

Dr. Matti Jantunen is an environmental engineer and environmental risk analyst. In 2011 he retired from the position of research professor after 26 years of service at the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Department of Environmental Health, in Kuopio, Finland. His work has involved all aspects of air pollution from indoor air to global climate change, interrupted only by the Chernobyl accident fallout for four years. For the past 25 years he has worked mostly on exposure, risk and policy impact assessment. From 1989 to 1995 he coordinat