Scientific Ignorance and Reliable Patterns of Evidence in Toxic Tort Causation: Is There a Need for Liability Reform? [PDF]
, 2001 As a first step to preserving the central aims of tort law, courts will need to recognize the wide variety of respectable, reliable patterns of evidence on which scientists themselves rely for drawing inferences about the toxicity of substances.
Cranor, Carl F., Eastmond, David A.
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Prismatic to asbestiform offretite from Northern Italy. Occurrence, morphology and crystal-chemistry of a new potentially hazardous zeolite [PDF]
, 2018 A multi-methodological approach, based upon field investigation, morphological characterization, chemical analysis and structure refinement was applied to different samples of fibrous offretite, a new potentially hazardous zeolite recently discovered in ...
Arcangeli, Pierluca +6 more
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Genotoxicity assessment of piperitenone oxide: an in vitro and in silico evaluation [PDF]
, 2017 Piperitenone oxide, a natural flavouring agent also known as rotundifolone, has been studied for the genotoxicity assessment by an integrated in vitro and in silico experimental approach, including the bacterial reverse mutation assay, the micronucleus ...
Abete, Lorena +9 more
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Advanced Materials Design for Adsorption of Toxic Substances in Cigarette Smoke
Advanced Science, 2023 Cigarettes, despite being economically important legal consumer products, are highly addictive and harmful, particularly to the respiratory system. Tobacco smoke is a complex mixture containing over 7000 chemical compounds, 86 of which are identified to ...
Ting Zeng +7 more
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Vaccines, 2023 In Italy, cervical cancer represents the fifth most prevalent cancer in women under 50 years of age and is one of the most commonly detected lesions globally.
Miriam Gorgone +7 more
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A comparison of transgenic rodent mutation and in vivo comet assay responses for 91 chemicals. [PDF]
, 2019 A database of 91 chemicals with published data from both transgenic rodent mutation (TGR) and rodent comet assays has been compiled. The objective was to compare the sensitivity of the two assays for detecting genotoxicity.
Aardema, MJ +26 more
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EFSA Journal, 2015 The EFSA Panel on Food additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food (ANS Panel) provides a scientific opinion re‐evaluating the safety of ascorbic acid (E 300), sodium ascorbate (E 301) and calcium ascorbate (E 302) as food additives. The use of ascorbic
EFSA Panel on Food additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food (ANS)
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Assessing the carcinogenic potential of low-dose exposures to chemical mixtures in the environment: the challenge ahead. [PDF]
, 2015 Lifestyle factors are responsible for a considerable portion of cancer incidence worldwide, but credible estimates from the World Health Organization and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) suggest that the fraction of cancers ...
Ab Hamid, Hasiah +173 more
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Genes and Environment, 2023 Background tert-Butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP; CAS 75–91-2), a hydroperoxide, is mainly used as a polymerization initiator to produce polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, and unsaturated polyester.
Yasumasa Murata +10 more
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Proposed criteria for the evaluation of the scientific quality of mandatory rat and mouse feeding trials with whole food/feed derived from genetically modified plants [PDF]
, 2016 In recent years, animal feeding trials conducted with whole food/feed have been a focal issue in the controversy on the safety assessment of genetically modified (GM) plants and derived food/feed.
Custers, René +9 more
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