EPA streamlines troubled national ecological survey
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The EMAP, which has received much criticism since it began in 1989, is being redefined. The survey will concentrate on three regional sites, and enlist scientists from academia and other government agencies. Its purpose is to identify environmental dangers and assess the effects of regulations.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1995
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A molecular approach to cancer risk: in a major change in how toxic substances are tested and regulated, federal agencies will soon require molecular data on how chemicals cause cancer
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Other federal agencies are expected to follow the EPA as it releases new guidelines for assessing the cancer risk of chemicals. Researchers will be required to consider factors other than just animal study results in the assessment, such as how the substance is absorbed and used by the body.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1995
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Ken Olden heals NIEHS's 'split brain.' (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences director and cancer researcher)
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The NIEHS's two sections, its intramural researchers and the National Toxicology Program, were not communicating and were not well-integrated when Olden became director. He has been successful in reorganizing the institute and broadening its research goals.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1993
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