NIH Launches Management Review of Toxicology Program

The National Institutes of Health (NIH; Bethesda, MD) will begin a comprehensive management review of two agencies in charge of evaluating potential adverse effects of chemicals on human health, says NIH director Elias Zerhouni. Sources say the review stems in part from controversy over the government’s health effects review of plasticizer bisphenol a (BPA). Zerhouni: A chance to clarify and improve. NIH says only that officials will examine “specific issues raised to date” at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS...

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