Mixture toxicity: chemical interactions

Stronger together? A chemical never comes alone!

The project "Stronger together? A chemical never comes alone!" comes from our department "Pesticides Safety". What is it about interactions of chemicals in complex mixtures? Chemicals that interact can reinforce each other's effects. In order to protect the people who come into contact with them, it is important to know and, above all, to recognise these interactions. The aim of research at the BfRshort forGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment is to make consumers' everyday lives safer, because the subject is far-reaching: from contaminants in oatmeal to preservatives in lipstick to gaseous substances emitted by a freshly painted wall.