Appendix a statement of task a national research council committee will evaluate human health risks and the potential for conducting a cumulative risk assessment for phthalate es ters the committee will review critical scientific data and address questions related to human relevance of experimental data modes of action exposure in formation dose response assessment and the potential for cumulative effects. 6 phthalates and cumulative risk assessment the tasks ahead phthalate syndrome and includes infertility decreased sperm count crypt orchidism undescended testes hypospadias malformation of the penis in which the urethra does not open at the tip of the organ and other reproductive tract malformations. Book phthalates and cumulative risk assessment the task ahead 2008 ppxx 188 pp abstract this book outlines few possible options for the cumulative risk assessment risk assessment subject category techniques methodologies and equipment. Phthalates and cumulative risk assessment the task ahead document type pdf tags toxic materials phthalates people are exposed to a variety of chemicals throughout their daily lives to protect public health regulators use risk assessments to examine the effects of chemical exposures