New robot system to test 10,000 chemicals for toxicity
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 15:30
in Mathematics & Economics
Several federal agencies have unveiled a new high-speed robot screening system that will test 10,000 different chemicals for potential toxicity. The system marks the beginning of a new phase of an ongoing collaboration, referred to as Tox21, that is working to protect people's health by improving how chemicals are tested in this country.