Toxicity special review

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Several recent reviews have covered various aspects of immunotoxicology, especially the effects of environmental contaminants on immune response (Faith et al., 1980 Sharma and Zeeman, 1980 Caren, 1981 Sharma, 1981 and Davies, 1981). Immunosuppressive effects of toxicants (Vos, 1977), food-borne immunotoxicants (Archer, 1978), and developmental aspects of immunotoxicology (Roberts and Chapman, 1981) have been discussed in more specialized review articles. Briefly, chemicals in the food supply can inhibit normal development of antibody-... 

In this section the special hazards of chemicals are reviewed (toxicity, flammability and corrosivity) together with the other hazards of chemical plant operation. 

The comprehensive and detailed assessment of the risks required for a safety-case can only be satisfactorily carried out for major installations with the aid of computer software. Suites of programmes for quantitative risk analysis have been developed over the past decade by consulting firms specializing in safety and environmental protection. Typical of the software available is the SAFETI (Suite for Assessment of Flammability Explosion and Toxic Impact) suite of programs developed by DNV Technica Ltd. These programs were initially developed for the authorities in the Netherlands, as a response to the Seveso Directives of the EU (which requires the development of safety cases and hazard reviews). The programs have subsequently been developed further and extended, and are widely used in the preparation of safety cases see Pitblado el al. (1990). 

A prominent characteristic of most true bugs is their use of defensive chemicals produced in specialized scent glands, usually found in the abdomen in im-matures, and in the metathorax in adults. However, this pattern is not absolute species that feed on poisonous plants from which they sequester toxic chemical defenses tend to have reduced or modified glands [8,26-28]. Many of these species are also aposematic, vividly advertising their toxicity to would-be predators. The defensive chemistry of bugs has been the subject of a number of reviews [4,6,8,9,12,29,30] and will only be summarized here, with a focus on compounds with interesting or unusual chemistry. 

In addition, certain special toxicity studies (Table 2) are mandated by the Indian regulatory system as part of application submission to the DCGI for review and approval of each of the clinical phases. 

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