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Source: EPA, 9/25/14
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hosting a data summit for the user community, including industry, NGO’s, academia, and government, to present ideas on how to use large quantities of recently available chemical data, generated through advanced screening technologies, to inform decisions about the safety of chemicals. EPA released the new data on 1,800 chemicals in December 2013 to the public through user-friendly web applications called interactive Chemical Safety for Sustainability (iCSS) Dashboards. WHO: Jim Jones, EPA Assistant Administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention Robert Kavlock, EPA Deputy Assistant Administrator of Science for the Office of Research and Development Paul Anastas, Yale University Director of the Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering Chirag Patel, Harvard Medical School Research Associate in Biomedical Informatics
WHEN: Monday, September 29, 2014, 8:45 am EDT – 5:30 pm EDT and Tuesday, September 30, 2014, 9:00 am EDT – 5:15 pm EDT
WHERE: EPA’s Research Triangle Park Campus, 109 T.W. Alexander Dr., Durham, NC, 27711 and via webinar. To attend please register by emailing: ToxCastWorkshops@icfi.com or in person at the meeting. The webinar can be accessed at: https://sites.google.com/site/toxcastdatasummit/webinar
The agenda is available at: https://sites.google.com/site/toxcastdatasummit/agenda
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