TOXICITY ON TEXTILE FINISHING CHEMICALS MIGHT BE TESTED ON HUMAN CELLS
May 1st, 2012
BY CARMEN PAUN, in Brussels
THE TOXICITY of textile finishing chemicals could be tested directly on cells of human origin in future experts have told a European Parliament hearing in Brussels. The European Commission is assessing creating a European branch of the Human Toxome Project, mirroring work developed in the United States. Its studies would make laboratory assessments of chemical toxicity on human beings more effective by mapping cell types, toxicant classes and hazards to pathways of toxicity, said Professor Thomas Hartung, director of the US-based ...
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