The changes to toxicology testing methods and analysis ultimately will be defined by a concomitant increase in our understanding of underlying toxicological principals, the continued development of effective in vivo and in vitro test platforms and computational modeling capabilities and finally an acceptance of the new risk assessments by the community, regulatory authorities and industry.
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Tertius de Kluyver (email@example.com) is an adjunct professor of biology and environmental science at Hood College.