TY  - JOUR
AU  - Hanekamp, Jaap C. 
PY  - 2008
TI  - Micronutrients, Hormesis and the Aptitude for the Maturation of Regulation
JF  - American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology
VL  - 3
IS  - 1
DO  - 10.3844/ajptsp.2008.144.151
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajptsp.2008.144.151
AB  - 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.