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Cost-effectiveness of short-term tests for carcinogenicity

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Most chemicals to which we are exposed are not properly tested for carcinogenicity. The latest methods of in vitro testing provide a way of screening with sufficient accuracy to remedy this situation.

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  1. James H. Higgins Professor of Economics in the Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie-Mellon University,

    Lester B. Lave

  2. Dean of the School of Public Health and Professor of Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Washington,

    Gilbert S. Omenn

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