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Micronutrients, Hormesis and the Aptitude for the Maturation of Regulation

Jaap C. Hanekamp1
  • 1 Roosevelt Academy, Netherlands Antilles

Abstract

The potential of hormesis as the default model to assess and manage chemicals is considered in relation to micronutrients. It is pointed out that micronutrients, despite their well-known U-shaped dose-response curve, are assessed and managed only with excess-exposure in mind. Hereby a schism between health and safety is unjustifiably realized. This proves to be the conundrum of basically all chemicals regulation. It is proposed that hormesis could in principle address this conundrum.

American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Volume 3 No. 1, 2008, 144-151

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajptsp.2008.144.151

Submitted On: 2 March 2008 Published On: 31 March 2008

How to Cite: Hanekamp, J. C. (2008). Micronutrients, Hormesis and the Aptitude for the Maturation of Regulation. American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 3(1), 144-151. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajptsp.2008.144.151

Open AccessCopyright: © 2008 Jaap C. Hanekamp. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Keywords

  • Hormesis
  • micronutrients
  • conundrum