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Toxicogenomics data and risk assessments: how will these data be used?(Legal Lookout)

Pollution Engineering, March, 2004 by Bergeson, Lynn L.

Toxicogenomics is an emerging science that studies the interaction among peoples genes, chemical substances in the environment and disease. Together, these three--genetics chemicals and injury (disease)--have all the makings of high drama, whether played out in a toxic tort lawsuit or in a sophisticated risk assessment undertaken by the government or a private entity. It is precisely this confluence of interests that make developments in the area of toxicogenomics of utmost importance to manufacturers whose products involve the use of chemicals, to regulators who must keep abreast of developments in the area of risk assessment, and to lawyers whose practice areas include chemicals, product liability and related fields. On Dec. 15-16, 2003, the Committee on Emerging...

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