Health Hazards and Standards

doi:10.1007/978-1-349-15906-2_1

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Health Hazards and Standards

M. Frankel

1978

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Key Takeaway: Toxic substances can be predicted by analyzing their effects on animals, but their precise application to human exposure is difficult due to the limitations of animal experiments.

Abstract

The hazards of a toxic substance to man can only be reliably demonstrated after it has come into use and has had an opportunity to injure people exposed to it. Methods of predicting hazards without waiting for human casualties depend on animal experiments—but the results of these are always difficult to apply precisely to human exposure.

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