Literature review on in vitro and alternative Developmental Neurotoxicity (DNT) testing methods
In: EFSA supporting publications, Band 12, Heft 4
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In: EFSA supporting publications, Band 12, Heft 4
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In: EFSA supporting publications, Band 15, Heft 4
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In: EFSA supporting publications, Band 17, Heft 10
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Representatives of applied science (e.g. governmental organizations, academia, and industry) met to discuss the progress towards a harmonized human health risk assessment in developmental toxicology of plant protection products, biocidal products, and other environmental chemicals at the 9(th) Berlin Workshop on Developmental Toxicity held in September 2018. Within the focus of the scientific discussion were the future of in-vitro methods for developmental and reproductive toxicology, the potential relevance of alternative species in testing of developmental effects, and risk and hazard assessment of developmental and endocrine effects. Furthermore, the need for a harmonized terminology for classification of anomalies in laboratory animals in developmental toxicity studies aiming for human health risk assessment was determined. Here, the DevTox database was identified as an extremely valuable tool. Overall, the participants agreed that still one of the biggest challenges for testing developmental toxicity in the 21(st) century is the development of animal-free test strategies and alternatives to animal testing that could provide human-relevant information in a rapid, efficient, and mechanistically informative manner.
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In this manuscript, which appeared in ALTEX 35 , 306-352 ( doi:10.14573/altex.1712081 ), the Acknowledgements should read: This work was supported by the Doerenkamp-Zbinden Foundation, EFSA, the BMBF, JPI-NutriCog-Selenius, and it has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 681002 (EU-ToxRisk).
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In: EFSA journal, Band 17
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In: EFSA journal, Band 15, Heft 3
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