Committee on Toxicity
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The Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT) is a UK
independent scientific committee that provides advice to the Food Standards Agency
, the Department of Health
and other Government Departments and Agencies on matters concerning the toxicity
of chemicals.
It has a number of working groups that publish reports, eg. one on Phytoestrogens.
United Kingdom
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independent scientific committee that provides advice to the Food Standards Agency
Food Standards Agency
The Food Standards Agency is a non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for protecting public health in relation to food throughout the United Kingdom and is led by a board appointed to act in the public interest...
, the Department of Health
Department of Health (United Kingdom)
The Department of Health is a department of the United Kingdom government with responsibility for government policy for health and social care matters and for the National Health Service in England along with a few elements of the same matters which are not otherwise devolved to the Scottish,...
and other Government Departments and Agencies on matters concerning the toxicity
Toxicity
Toxicity is the degree to which a substance can damage a living or non-living organisms. Toxicity can refer to the effect on a whole organism, such as an animal, bacterium, or plant, as well as the effect on a substructure of the organism, such as a cell or an organ , such as the liver...
of chemicals.
It has a number of working groups that publish reports, eg. one on Phytoestrogens.