The National Toxicology Program (NTP) is an inter-agency program run by the United States Department of Health and Human Services

United States Department of Health and Human Services

The United States Department of Health and Human Services is a Cabinet department of the United States government with the goal of protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services. Its motto is "Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America"...

 to coordinate, evaluate, and report on toxicology within public agencies.

The National Toxicology Program is headquartered at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences is a part of the National Institutes of Health , which is in turn a part of the Department of Health and Human Services ....

 (NIEHS). The NIEHS Director, currently Dr. Linda Birnbaum, Ph.D., D.A.B.T., A.T.S., also concurrently serves as NTP Director. The Associate Director of the Program is Dr. John R. Bucher, Ph.D.

The NIEHS National Toxicology Program's Office of the Report on Carcinogens, directed by Dr. Ruth Lunn, Dr.P.H., is responsible for publishing the Report On Carcinogens; with the current year 2011 Report included, there have been 12 editions.

History

The program was which was established in 1978 by Joseph A. Califano, Jr., then Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare (today known as the Department of Health and Human Services), arose from congressional concerns the health effects of chemical agents in our environment. In October 1981, Secretary Richard S, Schwiker granted permanent status to the program.

External links

• http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ (Homepage)