Friday, August 18, 2006

Carcinogenic Potency Database

Carcinogenic Potency Database - Lois Swirsky Gold, Bruce Ames, and colleagues at the University of California, Berkeley. The site collates data on the cancer-causing ability of 1485 compounds, drawing on more than 6000 animal tests from the 1950s through the 1990s. A chart atop each compound's page summarizes the results and, if they are positive, lists which organs develop tumors and the dose that spurred cancer in half of the animals studied. Read further for a synopsis of experiments on the substance. The authors are known for arguing that the risk to humans from synthetic chemicals is overstated, but their views don't color the site's coverage.

potency.berkeley.edu/cpdb.html

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