Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions workshop:
Interindividual Variability: New Ways to Study and Implications for
Decision-Making
<http://alttox.org/emerging-science-for-environmental-health-decisions-w
orkshop-interindividual-variability-new-ways-to-study-and-implications-f
or-decision-making/>
Contributor: Solmaz Spence, National Academies of Sciences Within any
population, factors such as heritable characteristics, stress, body
weight, and genetics can influence the type and degree of response that
people may have to environmental stressors. Accounting for this
interindividual variability is a challenge for decision makers tasked
with setting chemical safety regulations. This free workshop [.]
Read More
<http://alttox.org/emerging-science-for-environmental-health-decisions-w
orkshop-interindividual-variability-new-ways-to-study-and-implications-f
or-decision-making/>
In New Perspectives, "Improving Toxicity Testing for Better
Decision-making"
<http://alttox.org/in-new-perspectives-improving-toxicity-testing-for-be
tter-decision-making/>
Contributor: Marilyn Matevia, HSUS We've just posted a "New Perspective"
by AltTox.org Editorial Board member, Jack Fowle, "Improving Toxicity
Testing for Better Decision-making." Our thanks to Chemical &
Engineering News for permission to excerpt and link to the original
publication.
Read More
<http://alttox.org/in-new-perspectives-improving-toxicity-testing-for-be
tter-decision-making/>
NIH Invites Comments and Suggestions on a Framework for the NIH-Wide
Strategic Plan
<http://alttox.org/nih-invites-comments-and-suggestions-on-a-framework-f
or-the-nih-wide-strategic-plan/>
Contributor: Catherine Sprankle, NICEATM In order to advance its
mission, NIH is developing an NIH-wide Strategic Plan. The goal of this
5-year plan is to outline a vision for biomedical research that
ultimately extends healthy life and reduces illness and disability. NIH
senior leadership and staff have developed a proposed framework for the
Strategic Plan [.]
Read More
<http://alttox.org/nih-invites-comments-and-suggestions-on-a-framework-f
or-the-nih-wide-strategic-plan/>
Report Outlines Predictive Toxicology Approach for Defense Applications
<http://alttox.org/report-outlines-predictive-toxicology-approach-for-de
fense-applications/>
Contributor: Catherine Sprankle, NICEATM The National Academies Press
has issued a report on "Application of Modern Toxicology Approaches for
Predicting Acute Toxicity for Chemical Defense." Prepared in response to
a request by the U.S. Department of Defense, the report provides a
conceptual approach that could be used to evaluate chemicals that could
pose threats to [.]
Read More
<http://alttox.org/report-outlines-predictive-toxicology-approach-for-de
fense-applications/>
New FDA report: Science Moving Forward, A Progress Report to the FDA
Science Board
<http://alttox.org/new-fda-report-science-moving-forward-a-progress-repo
rt-to-the-fda-science-board/>
Contributor: Sherry Ward, AltTox "Modernize Toxicology to Enhance
Product Safety" is the first of the FDA's 9 Scientific Priority Areas
described on page 11 of the FDA's new report, Science Moving Forward, A
Progress Report to the FDA Science Board
(http://www.fda.gov/downloads/ScienceResearch/AboutScienceResearchatFDA/
UCM456328.pdf). Intramural research on a non-animal approach includes
the example on page 28 where "a [.]
Read More
<http://alttox.org/new-fda-report-science-moving-forward-a-progress-repo
rt-to-the-fda-science-board/>
Call for short proposals <http://alttox.org/call-for-short-proposals/>
Contributor: Amy J. Clippinger, PETA International Science Consortium
Ltd. The PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. (PISC) and MatTek
Corporation are offering 3D reconstructed human tissue models - for
free! MatTek's human cell-based tissues-including dermal, ocular,
respiratory, intestinal, oral, and vaginal models-are used for
regulatory safety testing, product development, and basic research
applications. Researchers who can [.]
Read More <http://alttox.org/call-for-short-proposals/>
ECHA follows up on registrants' obligations to consider alternative
tests
<http://alttox.org/echa-follows-up-on-registrants-obligations-to-conside
r-alternative-tests/>
Contributor: Sherry Ward, AltTox Source: ECHA News
http://echa.europa.eu/view-article/-/journal_content/title/echa-follows-
up-on-registrants-obligations-to-consider-alternative-tests ECHA has
analysed why registrants submitted 295 new higher tier studies on
vertebrate animals without first seeking the Agency's decision to permit
such tests. In general, registrants were able to clarify why the new
studies were conducted and submitted for registration purposes. However,
in a number of cases [.]
Read More
<http://alttox.org/echa-follows-up-on-registrants-obligations-to-conside
r-alternative-tests/>
____
AltTox Community Blog <http://alttox.org/community-blog/>
