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Federal meeting experts urged more collaboration and outreach for toxicology research due to ethical and logistical challenges in studying human chemical exposures. Limited data from human studies and the difficulty of acquiring samples (like blood/tissue) require alternative approaches. Experts stressed sharing data and samples across agencies, standardizing methods, and cooperatively utilizing the National Children’s Study dataset to improve research efficiency.Federal meeting experts urged increased collaboration and outreach for toxicology research. Due to the ethical and logistical challenges of studying human chemical exposures directly, researchers rely on alternative methods. Experts emphasized the need to overcome these hurdles by sharing data and samples, standardizing methods, and cooperatively utilizing datasets like the National Children’s Study to improve research efficiency.
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