NIEHS Help Wanted: Independent Toxicologists

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Help Wanted: Independent Toxicologists

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences’ National Toxicology

Program is _looking_

(mip://016e9d40/(http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.a\

ccess.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-8899.pdf) for experts to

develop its next report on carcinogens. The cancer registry is used worldwide

in setting regulatory standards for chemicals released into the environment.

In comments sent to NIEHS, the Natural Resources Defense Council called on

the NTP to accept experts without real or perceived conflicts of interest and

bias if the agency wants to maintain the credibility of the report.

Nominations can be sent to Dr. C. W. on, Report on Carcinogens NIEHS, P.O

Box

12233, MD EC–17, Research Triangle NC 27709; fax: (919) 541–0144,

_jameson@..._ (mailto:jameson@...) , through June 8, 2007.

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