Toxicity Testing : Strategies to Determine Needs and Priorities
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| Title: | Toxicity Testing : Strategies to Determine Needs and Priorities |
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| Description: | Prepared at the request of the National Toxicology Program, this landmark report reveals that many chemicals used in pesticides, cosmetics, drugs, food, and commerce have not been sufficiently tested to allow a complete determination of their potential hazards. Given the vast number of chemical substances to which humans are exposed, the authors use a model to show how research priorities for toxicity testing can be set. |
| Authors: | National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Commission on Life Sciences, Steering Committee on Identification of Toxic and Potentially Toxic Chemicals for Consideration by the National Toxicology Pr |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Toxicity testing, Toxicity testing--United States |
| Categories: | SCIENCE / Environmental Science, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Prepared at the request of the National Toxicology Program, this landmark report reveals that many chemicals used in pesticides, cosmetics, drugs, food, and commerce have not been sufficiently tested to allow a complete determination of their potential hazards. Given the vast number of chemical substances to which humans are exposed, the authors use a model to show how research priorities for toxicity testing can be set. |
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| ISBN: | 9780309034333 9780585145044 9780309554480 |
