Review of the U.S. Naval Medical Research Institute's Toxicology Program (1994) / Chapter Skim
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Therefore, the Navy Toxicology Unit was established in :~958 at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. in its early stages, the Navy's toxicology program focused on exposures occurring under special Navy and Marine Corps operating conditions, such as continuous exposures for up to 90 days during submarine missions, and on materials developed for use under those conditions.
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This shift in emphasis within the toxicology program increased the need for mechanistic and predictive research studies. In 1975, personnel and resources of the Navy Toxicology Unit were reassigned to the Toxicology Division of the Environmental Bioscience Department of the Naval Medical Research Institute (NMRI)
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, which established the Subcommittee to Review the U.S. Naval Medical Research Institute's Toxicology Program.
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· Computerization: The subcommittee recommends that NMRITD install a computer system that would permit use of advanced methods of data accumulation and analysis and establish a computerized data base for known and suspected toxic chemicals of current (and possible future) interest to the Navy.
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· External peer review by experts in each subspecialty of toxicology is essential for a state-of-the-art effort; external peer review might be achieved through a science advisory board. RECOMMENDATIONS ON RELATED ISSUES The subcommittee made recommendations on other related issues: · Highly competent individuals with expertise in various subspecialty fields of toxicology are essential to conducting human health risk assessments.
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~ Establishment of a triservice toxicology program (comprising the Navy, Army, and Air Force) would be cost effective; Air Force and Army participation in a team effort would ensure a viable and dynamic toxicology unit.
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· NMRTTD should continue to expand its relationships with other sources of scientific knowledge, such as other DOD organizations (e.g., the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, the Armed Forces Epidemiology Board, and the Army Corps of Engineers) , federal agencies (e.g., the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Institutes of Health, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
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