nformation for TOXICOLOGY/bionet.toxicology
USENET newsgroup name: bionet.toxicology
Mailing list name: TOXICOLOGY
E-mail address to post messages to the newsgroup: toxicol at net.bio.net
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Moderator: Dr. Charles A. Miller, III, rellim at tulane.edu
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TOXICOLOGY News Group Charter:
The TOXICOLOGY forum is a BIOSCI/Bionet news group created for the purpose
of rapid information exchange between toxicologists and other researchers.
Appropriate topics for this forum include any kind of information that is
relevant to toxicology.
The toxicology news group will provide :
- a forum for the discussion of literature, ideas, problems, and recent
developments in toxicological research.
- a means for obtaining research protocols, strains, molecular and chemical
reagents.
- a means of developing collaborations between labs.
- a bulletin board for any announcements concerning meetings, congresses,
new databases, job offers, etc., that are related to the discipline of
toxicology.
Discussion topics will include (among other more specific topics):
- biotransformation of toxicants
- systemic toxicology
- teratogenesis, genetic toxicology, and carcinogenesis
- cellular, biochemical, and molecular toxicology
- environmental toxicology
- analytical and clinical toxicology
- occupational toxicology
- forensic toxicology
- regulatory toxicology and toxicological risk assessment
This news group is now moderated (edited) to eliminate extraneous messages
(spams) and commercial postings from being passed on to the participants.
Postings are not screened for accuracy or validity. Persons posting
messages
should remember that they alone are responsible for the statements they
make.
Participants shall adhere to the general regulations regarding posting to
Bionet news groups: a) individuals posting information to this forum should
use proper "netiquette", and the content of the posting should be
related to
toxicology in some way, b) the forum is used only for non-commercial
purposes, c) individuals must avoid posting messages on subjects when they
have a conflict of interest in the matter.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for Bionet.Toxicology News Group
1. How do I participate in the Bionet.Toxicology News Group?
The simple way to participate is by using a web browser such as Netscape
Navigator or Microsoft Explorer via the Internet. The web site for the news
group archive is http://www.bio.net/hypermail/toxicol/ .
It is also possible to use e-mail to receive postings to the toxicology
news
group. For detailed instructions on subscribing and un-subscribing to
e-mail
list servers, how to post messages, what subject matter is appropriate,
network etiquette, and other topics, see the Bionet web site at
http://www.bio.net , or contact BIOSCI by e-mail at
biosci-help at net.bio.net.
2. How do I find general information about a particular toxic agent?
There are a multitude of online resources that can provide you with useful
toxicological information. For starters try these:
a.) Search the Bionet.Toxicology Archive of previous postings via the web
site (http://www.bio.net/hypermail/toxicol )
b.) Medline literature searches (free!) from the U. S. National Center for
Biotechnology Information/National Library of Medicine:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed
c.) Search the databases at governmental agencies....
U.S. National Institute of Health http://www.nih.gov
U.S. National Inst. Of Environmental Health
Sciences http://www.niehs.nih.gov
U.S. National Cancer Institute http://www.nci.nih.gov
International Agency for Research on Cancer http://www.iarc.fr
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov
U.S. Center for Disease Control http://www.cdc.gov
U.S. National Inst. of Occupational Safety and
Health http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
http://atsdr1.atsdr.cdc.gov:8080/atsdrhome.html
U.S. Occupational and Health Safety Administration http://www.osha.gov
U.S. National Science Foundation http://www.nsf.gov
U.S. Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture http://www.usda.gov
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission http://www.nrc.gov
3. Are there any collections of toxicology-related web sites?
One great collection of tox-related web sites is the Hardin Meta-Directory
for Toxicology, http://www.arcade.uiowa.edu/hardin-www/md-tox.html .
Other tox web sites include--
EXtension TOXicology NETwork, http://ace.orst.edu/info/extoxnet/
Biological Effects of Low Level Exposures, http://www.belleonline.com./
Environmental Concepts Made Easy, Tulane-Xavier Center for
Bioenvironmental Research (info. on endocrine disruption, lead toxicity)
http://www1.omi.tulane.edu/ECME/default.html
Institute for Environmental Toxicology, Michigan St. Univ.,
http://www.iet.msu.edu/
Chemfinder database http://www.chemfinder.com
Scorecard (Environmental Defense Fund) http://www.scorecard.org/
Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment (TERA) http://www.tera.org/
And you might find these society web sites useful--
Society of Toxicology, http://www.toxicology.org
British Toxicological Society, http://www.bts.org/toxicology/
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, http://www.setac.org/
European Toxicological Society, http://www.uta.fi/eurotox/
4. Are there any resources related to education in toxicology?
For career information on toxicology see http://www.toxicology.org
See Peterson's Guide for schools with toxicology programs,
http://www.petersons.com/
Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology Dept., Kansas State University,
http://www.vet.ksu.edu/depts/dmp/index.htm
Environmental Health Sciences Dept., Tulane University,
http://www.ehs.tulane.edu/
5. How do I get my favorite toxicology-related web site listed here?
Send the name of the site to Chuck Miller at rellim at tulane.edu
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