The Impact on DoD of the Toxic Substances Control Act

Abstract

There are a number of driving factors which markedly affect the utilization and acquisition of new chemicals within the Department of Defense and throughout the national industrial community. The Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 and other previous legislations have mandated complete series of test standards designed to identify chemical hazards and establishing minimum requirements for performing acute, subacute, and chronic toxicity tests, mutagenic effects, teratogenic effects, oncogenic effects and metabolic effects on both flora and fauna. A scheme for obtaining these data, and the relative time and expense necessary to assess chemical hazards is discussed along with case-in-point chemical data on ram jet fuels illustrating potential problem areas of such legislation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA088525

Entities

People

  • Kenneth C. Back

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Biomedical Research
  • Chemistry
  • Department Of Defense
  • Fuels
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Jet Engine Fuels
  • Law
  • Medical Personnel
  • National Governments
  • Procurement
  • Standards
  • Toxic Hazards
  • Toxicity
  • Toxicology

Readers

  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Toxicology/Environmental Toxicology