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NTP: National Toxicology Program

Definition

• The National Toxicology Program (NTP) is a unit of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NTP coordinates toxicology research and testing activities within the Department and provides information about potentially toxic chemicals to regulatory and research agencies and the public.

NTP is the world leader in designing, conducting, and interpreting animal assays for toxicity and carcinogenicity. Their web home page is http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/.

Additional Info The NTP consists of relevant toxicology activities of the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIH/NIEHS), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (CDC/ NIOSH), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's National Center for Toxicological Research (FDA/NCTR). The NTP's Annual Reports on Carcinogens (see the latest edition) are one of the four sources used by OSHA to declare substances as carcinogens.

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NTP is one of your most trusted sources when it comes to information about toxic chemicals or potential carcinogens.

If you are authoring an MSDS or have extreme techincal interest, you can download NTP Study Data directly from their web site (this data is very technical and of limited use to the general public).

Further Reading

• See the links listed under toxic.
• The Society of Toxicology studies the adverse effects of chemical, physical or biological agents on living organisms and the ecosystem and how to mitigate/prevent them.
• TOXNET is the National Institutes of Health's searchable database on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas.
• The US Department of Health & Human Services has an Environmental Health & Toxicology information service with articles about drugs, dietary supplments, chemicals and you, emergency response, tutorials and more.
• Poisoning, Toxicology, Environmental Health Topics at the NIH's Medline Plus.
• The International Programme on Chemical Safety a joint program of ILO, UNEP and WHO, is devoted to chemical safety.
• The American College of Medical Toxicology has forums, courses and more.
• The American Academy of Clinical Toxicology advances research, education, prevention, and treatment of disease caused by chemicals, drugs and toxins.
• Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology.
• Society of Toxicology

See also: ATSDR, Biolgical oxygen demand, carcinogen, teratogen, toxic.

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