Endocrine disruptor screening tests
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
National Toxicology Program's Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods makes available final report on Evaluation of In Vitro Test Methods for Detecting Potential Endocrine Disruptors, according to June 3 Federal Register 1notice. Report features ICCVAM's recommendations on minimum procedural standards for standardization and validation of in vitro estrogen and androgen receptor binding and transcriptional activation assays, NICEATM says. Document also includes list of substances, including three phthalates, proposed for validation of the screening methods. In October, NICEATM solicited comments on an expert panel report on the status of in vitro endocrine disruptor methods (2"The Rose Sheet" Oct. 28, 2002, In Brief)...