Can Approved Uses of Ammonium Bromide Affect Human Health?
Ammonium bromide is unlikely to affect your health when used according to the label directions. When assessing health risks, the PMRA considers two key factors: the levels where no health effects occur and the levels to which people may be exposed. The dose levels used to assess risks are established to protect the most sensitive human population (e.g. children and nursing mothers). The risk assessment is conducted to ensure that the level of human exposure is well below the lowest dose at which effects occurred in animal tests. Only uses for which the exposure is well below levels that cause no effects in animal testing are considered acceptable for registration. Toxicology studies in laboratory animals describe potential health effects from varying levels of exposure to a chemical and identify the dose at which no effects are observed. All of the toxicology studies routinely required to register a pesticide were not available for ammonium bromide. However, because exposure was determ
