On Monday, July 19, 2010, the EPA, along with the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences National Toxicology Program (NTP) and the National Institute of Health Chemical Genomics Center (NCGC) welcomed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to the Tox21 collaboration.

Tox21 merges federal agency resources (research, funding and testing tools) to develop ways to more effectively predict how chemicals will affect human health and the environment. The collaboration was established in 2008 to develop models that will be able to better predict how chemicals will affect humans. The FDA will provide additional expertise and chemical safety information to improve current chemical testing methods.

More information on the Tox21 collaboration: epa.gov/ncct/Tox21/

More information on ToxCast: epa.gov/ncct/toxcast/

More information on NTP: www.ntp.niehs.nih.gov

More information on NCGC: www.ncgc.nih.gov

More information on FDA: www.fda.gov

Source: EPA Press Release