title: Mutagenicity test schemes and guidelines: U.S. EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics and Office of Pesticide Programs.
abstract: New requirements for chemicals subject to mutagenicity testing from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) are discussed. Also detailed are two categories in the 1986 Mutagenicity Risk Assessment Guidelines.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Health and Environmental Review Division (TS-796), Washington, DC 20024.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Auletta
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Dearfield
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Cimino
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016466:CHO Cells; D006224:Cricetinae; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005854:Germ Cells / Q000187:drug effects; D015386:Hazardous Substances / Q000633:toxicity*; D006801:Humans; D007880:Legislation, Drug; D008322:Mammals; D051379:Mice; D016296:Mutagenesis; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D010575:Pesticides / Q000633:toxicity*; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014481:United States; D014484:United States Environmental Protection Agency
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances; D010575:Pesticides