Human health risk assessment
This section provides users with tools to conduct human risk assessments of chemical hazards. It promotes the development, harmonization and use of generally acceptable, scientifically sound methodologies for the evaluation of risks to human health from exposure to chemicals. Details of risk assessment networks are also provided.
Relevant tools
Below is a list of tools relevant for implementing this topic :
- WHO - Human Health Risk Assessment Toolkit: Chemical Hazards, second edition [2021]
- WHO - Chemical Risk Assessment Network [accessed 2022]
- WHO - Strategic Plan for Enhancing Chemical Risk Assessment Capacity in Network Participants Strategic Plan: 2018-2020 [2018]
- WHO - Harmonizing global approaches to chemical risk assessment [accessed 2022]
- WHO - Framework for the use of systematic review in chemical risk assessment [2021]
- eDLT - Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Chemicals: Electronic distance learning tool [2013]
- FAO / WHO : Environmental Health Criteria 240: Principles and methods for the risk assessment of chemicals in food [2009]
- WHO - Guidance document on Evaluating and Expressing uncertainty in Hazard Characterization [2017]
- UNEP - Global Chemicals Outlook II – From Legacies to Innovative Solutions [2019]
- UNEP - Benefits of Chemicals Control [2019]
- UNEP - Guidance: Risk Reduction Tools for Chemicals Control [2019]
- UNEP : National Authority for Chemicals Control: Structure and Funding (2019)
- UNEP - Guidance: Enforcement of Chemicals Control Legislation [2019]
- OECD - Guidance Document on Risk Communication for Chemical Risk Management [2002]
- OECD - eChemPortal [accessed 2022]