Promote and accelerate the availability and adoption of test methodologies to determine health and eco-system end-points for existing and new materials.
There is a need for better hazard end point information for chronic or long term exposure to chemicals at low and moderate levels. When new products are developed, industry is always balancing the probably success of the new product against spending the money to do the chronic testing (which in many cases is not required). To the extent that California's University system could develop test facilities and make protocols easily available and accepted it would speed up the overall information gathering process.
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I don't see where industry actually has any sort of willingness to change, but I'm just the average citizen. Why wouldn't we compel them to change?
What do you mean by thant?
There is a need for better hazard end point information for chronic or long term exposure to chemicals at low and moderate levels. When new products are developed, industry is always balancing the probably success of the new product against spending the money to do the chronic testing (which in many cases is not required). To the extent that California's University system could develop test facilities and make protocols easily available and accepted it would speed up the overall information gathering process.