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High Content Screening Analysis to Evaluate the Toxicological Effects of Harmful and Potentially Harmful Constituents (HPHC)
Published on: May 10, 2016
Evolving with the times, the new national toxic substance incidents program
Mary Anne Duncan1, Maureen F Orr
1Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Division of Health Studies, Surveillance and Registries Branch, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, MS F-57, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA.
Abstract:
ATSDR's surveillance and registries branch has a new three-part program to gather data on toxic substance incidents, the National Toxic Substance Incidents Program (NTSIP). NTSIP includes state-based surveillance of releases, a national database of chemical incidents, and incident investigations after large releases. NTSIP replaces the Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance program. Through this more comprehensive program, ATSDR is collecting data that may be used to decrease the number and severity of chemical releases and enhance preparedness, so that the health effects of future incidents are minimized.
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