National Toxicology Program

Birnbaum celebrated with honors and fond farewells

The last day of retiring director Linda Birnbaum was celebrated with music, tributes, and — not to be left out — data.

PFAS workshop kicks off National Academies initiative

Topics ranged from balancing risk and alternatives assessments to economics and sharing information with affected communities.

Experts debate challenges of tissue chips, machine learning

Advancing new nonanimal testing technologies will require guidance from regulators on best uses.

Botanical supplements Q and A coming Nov. 8

Experts on health effects research of botanical dietary supplements will field questions from the public on social media.

Environmental, chemical, and social stressors can be a dangerous mix

The annual meeting of the North Carolina Society of Toxicology focused on how the interplay of those factors can affect humans.

Human health linked to animals, environment, say experts

That interconnection — called One Health — was the focus of a recent conference in Durham, North Carolina.

The NTP Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (NICEATM)

Workshop considers key activities needed to predict acute toxicity, NIEHS providing funding to develop in vitro models, and EPA council achieves cost and animal savings for required testing.

• Peer Review of the Draft NTP Technical Reports on the Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Studies of 2-Hydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone and Perfluorooctanoic Acid
  December 12, 2019
• ICCVAM Communities of Practice Webinar: Use of Animal-free Affinity Reagents
  January 21, 2020
• NTP Board of Scientific Counselors Meeting
  February 21, 2020
• NTP Board of Scientific Counselors Meeting
  June 24–25, 2020
• Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative Toxicological Methods Meeting
  September 2–3, 2020
• NTP Board of Scientific Counselors Meeting
  November 17, 2020