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Demystify: 

> >In a safety conference at Pfizer a few years ago I had discussed how they were dealing with the compounds that were potential mutagens or reproductive toxins. Like most pharma companies, we put in place controls by banding these compounds and handling them with the proper control systems. These would include full containment suits, special facilities, and glove boxes. If you are interested in seeing the banding system just let me know.

I remember that Pfizer was working on developing a control banding approach to the concern of the health effects of new chemicals in the 1990â??s, using computer software that was pretty crude by todayâ??s standards. See "The Workplace Exposure Assessment Expert System (WORKSPERT)" https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15298669291359348 for one of their articles about this.

I wonder if they have published similar work since 2010?

- Ralph

Ralph Stuart, CIH, CCHO
ralph**At_Symbol_Here**rstuartcih.org

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