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Out of the frying pan and out of the fire: the indispensable role of exposure science in avoiding risks from replacement chemicals

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Exposure science can move us toward a more protective chemicals management policy by preventing human and ecological risks that may occur when existing “bad actors” are replaced with alternative chemicals that may not be as well studied.

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  1. Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, LaKind Associates, LLC, Catonsville, Maryland, USA,

    Judy S Lakind

  2. Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Judy S Lakind

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA

    Judy S Lakind

  4. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and National Toxicology Program, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA

    Linda S Birnbaum

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Lakind, J., Birnbaum, L. Out of the frying pan and out of the fire: the indispensable role of exposure science in avoiding risks from replacement chemicals. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 20, 115–116 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/jes.2009.71

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