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Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 11:20:14 -0400
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National Library of Medicine ToxTutor adds new content

NLM Toxicology and Environmental Health Info

The National Library of Medicine ToxTutor has added new content and topics:

Section 3 (Toxic Effects):

  • "Microbiome" topic added

Section 5 (Toxicity Testing Methods):

  • Additional "Finding Information about Alternatives to Animal Testing" content
  • Microphysiological Systems as used in "tissue chip" and "Organs-on-chips" models added
  • "Human-on-a-Chip" content added
  • Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) as an emerging approach added
  • Combining "chips" AND iPSCs information topic added 

Section 6 (Risk Assessment):

  • Adverse Outcome Pathways (AOPs) content added
  • "What to Consider when Reading about a New Exposure Study" topic added

Section 7 (Exposure Standards and Guidelines):

  • Food Safety in the European Union topic added

New sections:

Section 15 Intuitive Toxicology and Risk Communication

Section 16 Environmental Toxicology, Environmental Health, and One Health

ToxTutor is a self-paced tutorial covering key principles of toxicology for users of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) chemical and toxicology databases. While a knowledge of anatomy and physiology is not required for viewing ToxTutor, the Introduction to the Human Body from the National Cancer Institute provides a good introduction to the topic.

This course is approved for 3 contact hours for California Registered Environmental Health Specialists (REHSs) and National Environmental Health Association's (NEHA) REHS/RSs. To take the tutorial and receive a certificate, please register and complete the tutorial through our free learning management system.

NLM ToxTutor


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