Hazard Characterization and Dietary Risk Assessment of Pentachlorothiophenol in Food Using Health-Based Guidance Values Based on a Read-Across Approach.
Pentachlorothiophenol is a persistent organic pollutant for which no health-based guidance values have been established. This study presents the first hazard characterization and dietary risk assessment of PCTP in food. A provisional reference dose (RfD) of 0.001 mg/kg-BW/day was derived using a read-across approach fr...