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1. INTRODUCTION
Pages 205-206

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... The committee believes that this basic pattern should continue, with further improvement in techniques that allow expert judgment to be most effective. The committee recognized that no priority system, scheme, or procedure can be perfect, because the knowledge needed for unerring selection of the most important chemicals and tests is the same as the knowledge resulting from a complete and accurate testing program for all chemicals, which would of course make priority-setting unnecessary.
From page 206...
... The committee believes that a fully developed version of the outlined system not only is a plausible extension of current practice, but also would provide at least marginal improvements over existing prioritysetting procedures toward the goal defined earlier. Obviously, it might not provide improvements toward other goals, but it should not impede them.


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