One of the tasks of the Committee on Emerging Issues and Data on Environmental Contaminants was to identify opportunities for additional NRC projects to address specific emerging issues. This led to the creation of the committee on Applications of Toxicogenomic Technologies to Predictive Toxicology, which authored a report entitled Applications of Toxicogenomic Technologies to Predictive Toxicology and Risk Assessment .

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The activities of the Committee on Emerging Issues and Data on Environmental Contaminants have been completed. This website will remain online to serve as a reference to the committee's activities.

For updated information on National Academies activities on this topic, see the Standing Committee on Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions .