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Environmental Toxicology Research Program
The assessment of risk factors and identification
of health indicators creates the opportunity to understand the effects
of chemical, physical, and social characteristics of communities on human
health and environmental quality. It is recognized that while underestimating
the impact of chemical exposures may result in contamination and/or adverse
health effects, overestimating the potential hazards could result in an
undue economic burden on communities.
As costs associated with compliance to regulations increase,
regulators, as well as the regulated community, must make the most effective
use of funds allocated for reducing deleterious impacts on human health
and environmental quality. Decisions based on a more complete
understanding of cause and effect relationships will be less likely to
vary with technological trends and be more defensible, while allowing
economic growth to occur in a climate of quality, cost-effective health
services and ecologically meaningful environmental stewardship.
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