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Considerations for the Use of Mutation as a Regulatory Endpoint in Risk Assessment
Author(s) -
Klapacz Joanna,
Gollapudi B. Bhaskar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
environmental and molecular mutagenesis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1098-2280
pISSN - 0893-6692
DOI - 10.1002/em.22318
Subject(s) - risk analysis (engineering) , risk assessment , status quo , regulatory science , precautionary principle , new product development , stewardship (theology) , business , risk management , computer science , biology , political science , microbiology and biotechnology , marketing , computer security , ecology , politics , law , finance
Assessment of a chemical's potential to cause permanent changes in the genetic code has been a common practice in the industry and regulatory settings for decades. Furthermore, the genetic toxicity battery of tests has typically been employed during the earliest stages of the research and development programs of new product development. A positive outcome from such battery has a major impact on the chemical's utility, industrial hygiene, product stewardship practices, and product life cycle analysis, among many other decisions that need to be taken by the industry, even before the registration of a chemical is undertaken. Under the prevailing regulatory paradigm, the dichotomous (yes/no) evaluation of the chemical's genotoxic potential leads to a conservative, linear no‐threshold (LNT) risk assessment, unless compelling and undeniable data to the contrary can be provided to satisfy regulators, typically in a number of different global jurisdictions. With the current advent of predictive methods, new testing paradigms, mode‐of‐action/adverse outcome pathways, and quantitative risk assessment approaches, various stakeholders are starting to employ these state‐of‐the‐science methodologies to further the conversation on decision making and advance the regulatory paradigm beyond the dominant LNT status quo . This commentary describes these novel methodologies, relevant biological responses, and how these can affect internal and regulatory risk assessment approaches. Environ. Mol. Mutagen. 61:84–93, 2020. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.