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6. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
Pages 125-126

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... A detailed dossier describing the adequacy of toxicity testing for conducting a health-hazard assessment was prepared for each of the 100 substances in the subsample. The analyses in this report are based on evaluations of testing adequacy for the subsample and information on the availability, nature, and extent of minimal toxicity information on the sample of 675 substances as prescribed by the Committee on Toxicity Data Elements.
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... me estimated percentages expressing the judgment that further testing is required exclude proprietary data, particularly on drugs, that were not available to the committees and would presumably not be available to any other independent body assessing the state of toxicity information. Toxicity tests, when conducted, have been of sufficiently high quality to obviate repetition or further testing.
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