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Toxicological Sciences 54, 275-276 (2000)
Copyright © 2000 by the Society of Toxicology

The Origins of the American Board of Toxicology

W. E. Rinehart1

Industrial Health Foundation, Inc., 34 Penn Circle West, Pittsburgh, PA 15206-3612

Received September 3, 1999; accepted September 3, 1999


   INTRODUCTION
 
As we approach 20 years of activity for the ABT, it seems appropriate to provide some history of the ABT's early activities for those new to the field. The following may be helpful information.

During the spring and summer of 1980, many established and experienced toxicologists became apprentices again: as professors in universities instead of teaching students; as group and department leaders in industry instead of supervising the preparation of reports on toxicity studies; as toxicologists in regulatory agencies instead of scrutinizing reports on safety evaluation studies, all went back to the books and studied toxicology. Their goal: to pass the first certification examination given by the newly created American Board of Toxicology. Success in passing the examination would convey the coveted . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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