Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Department of Toxicology and Carcinogenesis

Knowledge Source Identification
Knowledge source name	Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Department of Toxicology and Carcinogenesis
Owner/Developer	Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine
Abbreviated owner	NIOM
Country	Poland
Languages	English, Polish
URL	http://www.imp.lodz.pl/home_en/dep/tox_cancer_gen
Contact email	mstep@imp.lodz.pl
Description	The Institute was established in 1954. It is a scientific and research center that deals with issues related to public health, environmental health and to all the fields of study connected with broadly understood occupational medicine. The scope of activities: assessment of cytotoxic, genotoxic and mutagenic effects of chemical substances, preparations and medical products, according to the requirements of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP), assessment of acute and chronic toxicity resulting from exposure to chemical substances and chemical preparations via different routes (ingestion, inhalation and dermal), assessment of allergic and irritating effects of chemical substances, quantitative and qualitative analyses of xenobiotics and their metabolites in different biological matrices. EU-NETVAL member.
Knowledge Source Category
Category	Organization
Sub categories	R&D Company, Services
Knowledge Dissemination and Sharing
Dissemination channel	Website
Targeted audience (specified/objective analysis)	Not specified
Knowledge Characterization
3Rs relevance	Replacement, Reduction
Purpose	Regulatory testing, Toxicological and safety evaluation, Validation
Technology/Tools	Alternative test methods (in vitro), Analytics