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Toxicological science plays a central role in protecting public health and the environment against environmental risk. It does so directly through providing tools to prevent the development and release of toxic chemicals, and indirectly through its impact on risk assessment. Yet it appears that the influence of toxicological science on the management of risks, appears to be decreasing. This is harmful to the ability of society to make decisions that protect public health and the environment. In part this represents the failure of risk assessment to impact on risk management decisions; in part this is due to the dilution of the impact of toxicological science on risk assessment and on primary prevention, the most effective approach to protecting public health and the environment.
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Goldstein, B.D. (2001). The Role of Toxicological Science in Risk Assessment and Risk Management. In: Dansette, P.M., et al. Biological Reactive Intermediates VI. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 500. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0667-6_97
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