Open AccessA Bold New Direction for Environmental Health Research
Author(s) -
Kenneth Olden,
John D. Guthrie,
Sheila A. Newton
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.91.12.1964
Subject(s) - toxicogenomics , engineering ethics , business , environmental health , risk analysis (engineering) , environmental planning , medicine , engineering , biology , environmental science , biochemistry , gene expression , gene
The biotechnology revolution has opened new opportunities for addressing current inadequacies in decision making regarding environmental health. Strategic investments need to be made (1) to develop high-throughput technologies that could accelerate toxicity testing and generate a mechanistic understanding of toxicity, (2) to incorporate individual susceptibility into risk assessments, and (3) to establish a rational basis for testing and regulatory decision making. New initiatives of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, including the Environmental Genome Project and the Toxicogenomics Center, are discussed.