Consumer protection and risk assessment: sensitising substances in consumer products

To provide a greater degree of consumer protection, there is a need for specific legal regulation and risk assessment, which covers each possible human exposure to a sensitising substance or mixture.  This review article describes the background and pathway towards the development and implementation of an international legal framework for the classification and labelling of chemicals that contain potentially skin sensitising substances.

The study was published in Allergo Journal International

Consumer protection and risk assessment: sensitising substances in consumer products
Hermann-Josef Thierse, Andreas Luch
Allergo Journal International
September 2019
Volume 23
Issue 6, page 167-182
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40629-019-0093-3

ISSN: 2197-0378 (Online)
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40629-019-0093-3