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received the following on a contam land listing that I though some would be
interested in:
Subject: USEPA Opens Access to Chemical
Information through ToxRefDB
USEPA is releasing a database, called
ToxRefDB, which allows scientists and the interested public to search and
download thousands of toxicity testing results on hundreds of chemicals.
ToxRefDB captures 30 years and $2 billion of testing results. ToxRefDB provides
detailed chemical toxicity data in an accessible format. It is a part of ACToR
(Aggregated Computational Toxicology Resource), an online data warehouse that
collects data from about 500 public sources on tens of thousands of
environmentally relevant chemicals, including several hundred in ToxRefDB.
Those interested in chemical toxicity can query a specific chemical and find
all available public hazard, exposure, and risk-assessment data, as well as
previously unpublished studies related to cancer, reproductive, and
developmental toxicity. ToxRefDB contains toxicity information that forms the
basis for pesticide risk assessments when combined with other sources of
information, such as those on exposure and metabolism.
http://actor.epa.gov/toxrefdb/faces/Home.jsp
Mike
Dr Michael Rivett
School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
Tel. +44 (0)121 414 3957
Fax. +44 (0)121 414 4942
website: http://www.gees.bham.ac.uk/