A Bold New Direction for Environmental Health Research

The biotechnology revolution has opened new opportunities for addressing current inadequacies in decision making regarding environmental health. Strategic investments need to be made (1) to develop high-throughput technologies that could accelerate toxicity testing and generate a mechanistic underst...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2001-12, Vol.91 (12), p.1964-1967
Main Authors: Olden, Kenneth, Guthrie, Janet, Newton, Sheila
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air. Soil. Water. Waste. Feeding
Biological and medical sciences
Biotechnology
Chemicals
Decision Making
Environment. Living conditions
Environmental health
Environmental Health - trends
Environmental impact
Environmental protection
Gene expression
Genomes
Genomics
Health Policy
Health sciences
Humans
Medical research
Medical sciences
Mutagenicity Tests - methods
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Research Design
Risk Assessment
Toxicity
Toxicology
United States
USA
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Summary:The biotechnology revolution has opened new opportunities for addressing current inadequacies in decision making regarding environmental health. Strategic investments need to be made (1) to develop high-throughput technologies that could accelerate toxicity testing and generate a mechanistic understanding of toxicity, (2) to incorporate individual susceptibility into risk assessments, and (3) to establish a rational basis for testing and regulatory decision making. New initiatives of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, including the Environmental Genome Project and the Toxicogenomics Center, are discussed.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.91.12.1964