Advertisement

If you have an ACS member number, please enter it here so we can link this account to your membership. (optional)

ACS values your privacy. By submitting your information, you are gaining access to C&EN and subscribing to our weekly newsletter. We use the information you provide to make your reading experience better, and we will never sell your data to third party members.

ENJOY UNLIMITED ACCES TO C&EN

Policy

EPA Opens Databases On Toxicity, Exposure

by Cheryl Hogue
June 20, 2011 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 89, Issue 25

Scientists and the public have greater access to chemical toxicity and exposure information thanks to two databases that EPA made public last week. One, called ToxCast, allows users to search and download data generated by 500 automated assays the agency has conducted on more than 300 chemicals, mainly pesticides (C&EN, Dec. 6, 2010, page 32). In 2012, EPA will add results on 700 more compounds garnered through these high-throughput tests. The second database, called ExpoCast, provides human exposure data from studies measuring amounts of various substances in food, drinking water, air, dust, indoor surfaces, and urine. “These databases provide the public access to chemical information, data, and results that we can use to make better-informed and timelier decisions about chemicals to better protect people’s health,” says Paul Anastas, assistant administrator of EPA’s Office of Research & Development, which oversees the databases. They are available through the agency’s Aggregated Computational Toxicology Resource found at actor.epa.gov.

Article:

This article has been sent to the following recipient:

0 /1 FREE ARTICLES LEFT THIS MONTH Remaining
Chemistry matters. Join us to get the news you need.