Acrylamide Risk Assessment

FAO/WHO Acrylamide in Food Network

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Integrated Risk Information System, Environmental Protection Agency	Acrylamide (CASRN 79-06-1) Information and data on acrylamide from EPA's IRIS database. Includes Chronic Health Hazard Assessments for Noncarcinogenic Effects, Reference Dose for Chronic Oral Exposure (RfD), and Carcinogenicity Assessment for Lifetime Exposure, which contains Evidence for Human Carcinogenicity, Quantitative Estimate of Carcinogenic Risk from Oral Exposure, Dose-Response Data, and more. (more)	Aug 6, 2002
	Rudén, C.	Acrylamide and Cancer Risk - Expert Risk Assessments and the Public Debate This report compares conclusions reached and primary data used for fourteen expert risk assessments on the carcinogenic risk from acrylamide. Arguments used to questions these risk assessments are summarized and discussed. Access to the full text may require subscription or purchase. (more) Publication Month: March 2004	Feb 17, 2004
	Konings, E.J.M., et al.	Acrylamide Exposure from Foods of the Dutch Population and an Assessment of the Consequent Risks Report of a three-part study that included analyzing the acrylamide levels in a variety of Dutch foods, estimating acrylamide exposure in the Dutch population, and estimating neurotoxic and carcinogenic risk from consumption of acrylamide at these exposure levels. The article is located temporarily under the Articles in Press section. The abstract is freely available, but subscription is necessary to access the full text of the article. (more) Publication Month: November 2003	Aug 15, 2003
	German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment	Acrylamide in Foods: Initial Successes But No Breakthrough This release provides an overview of research related to the risk assessment of acrylamide one year after the Swedish National Food Administration first called attention to the problem of acrylamide in foods. It is available in German. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, April 17, 2003	Jun 6, 2003
	Hamscher, G.	[Acrylamide, Antiparasitic Agents, Dioxins and More: How Dangerous are Contaminants and Residues in Food?] Abstract of an article on the occurrence of contaminants such as dioxins and acrylamide and residues such as antibiotics and antiparasitic agents in foods and on the risks of consuming these contaminants and residues in foods. The original article is in German. (more) Publication Month: July 2004	Sep 21, 2004
	Dearfield, Kerry L., et al.	Acrylamide: A Review of Its Genotoxicity and an Assessment of Heritable Genetic Risk Review of acrylamide genotoxicity studies and report of an assessment of the heritable genetic risk from acrylamide. Subscription or purchase may be required to access the full text. (more) Publication Month: August 1995	Mar 12, 2004
	German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment	Bedeutung der Arbeit von Pelucchi et al für die Risikobewertung von Acrylamid in Lebensmitteln [in German] Critical discussion of the findings published by Pelucchi, et al., Int. J. Cancer 150(2003): 558-560. Publication Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2003	Aug 10, 2004
	German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment	Bedeutung der Studie von Mucci et al. für die Risikobewertung von Acrylamid in Lebensmitteln [in German] Critical discussion of the findings published by Mucci, et al., British J. of Cancer 88(2003): 84-89 in terms of the study's meaningfulness for risk assessment of acrylamide in foods. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2003	Aug 11, 2004
	Granath, F., et al.	Cancer Risk From Exposure to Occupational Acrylamide Correspondence article and reply regarding cancer risk from occupational exposure to acrylamide, in response to an article by Marsh, et al. in Occup Environ Med 56(1999): 181-190. (more) Publication Month: September 2001	Oct 21, 2003
	Friedman, Mendel	Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Safety of Acrylamide. A Review Report reviewing published information that "presents data on the chemistry, analysis, and biological effects of acrylamide and outlines possible approaches to reduce the acrylamide content in food." Access to the full text may require subscription or purchase. (more) Deadline: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 Publication Date: Thursday, July 3, 2003	Mar 29, 2006

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