Toxicology and Regulatory Process presents the latest information on the impact of toxicology on the regulatory process and illustrates the interrelationship between toxicology and the regulation of chemicals, pharmaceutical compounds, and food substances.

Features:

• Illustrates how new methods in toxicology influence regulatory approaches regarding hazard determination, exposure, and risk assessment
• Describes reasons why certain methods and legislation were developed and details their current status in industry
• Shows the influence of the regulatory process on the field of toxicology and how novel breakthroughs in toxicology drive regulatory practices and standards
• Analyzes how current regulatory procedures are affecting developments in toxicogenomics, and pesticidal proteins in food
• Examines current thought on the Homeland Security Agency and bioterrorism, the Food Quality Protection Act, and the National Toxicology Program

Contents

1. Influence of the Regulatory Process on Toxicology
2. The High Production Volume Challenge Program
3. Homeland Security and Bioterrorism
4. The Food Quality Protection Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act
5. Chemical Risk Screening and the Regulatory Process
6. The Influence of Regulation on Toxicology
7. National Toxicology Program
8. Influence of Toxicological Research on the Regulatory Process
9. Toxicogenomics and Regulatory Science
10. Physiological based Pharmacokinetics
11. Safety of Pesticidal Proteins in Food
12. Alternatives in Toxicololgy
13. Genetic Toxicology and Regulatory Policy

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