Toxic Substances and Human Risk: Principles of Data Interpretation

As society has become increasingly aware of the potential threats to human health due to exposures to toxic chemicals in the environment and the workplace and in consumer products, it has placed increased demands upon the still-fledgling science of toxicology. As is often the case when science is called upon to supply firm answers when pertinent information and fundamental knowledge are lacking, both the scientific and the social issues become confused and new tensions develop. One of the m...