New on AltTox.org…

As part of the AltTox website redesign, the AltTox Forum is moving and evolving into the AltTox Community Blog. We have already transferred all Forum posts made since AltTox’s re-launch in August and republished them on the blog page.

There are now two ways to post to the Community Blog:

• If you would like ongoing access to post directly to the blog, please request a new log-in ID (info@alttox.org). We will email sign-up and posting instructions to you. Or…
• To submit occasional notices or comments, simply email the information to us at info@alttox.org, and we will post it on the blog. We will credit you, the sender, as the contributor of the information, unless you tell us otherwise.

Additionally, we are introducing an AltTox listserv. The listserv will forward new items from the Community Blog, and other information deemed relevant to the AltTox Community. To subscribe, send an email to alttox-request@freelists.org, with the word “subscribe” on the subject line, OR visit http://www.freelists.org/list/alttox and sign up directly. You will have the option to specify whether you prefer to receive announcements as they are posted, or in a daily or weekly “digest” form.

The Forum will remain as a historical, searchable archive at its original URL (http://forums.alttox.org/index.php?action=post;board=21.0), but it will be closed to new postings. (The archive link will always be available on the Community Blog page, as well.)

We look forward to your ongoing participation in the AltTox Community Blog. Your contributions make it a premier source of event notices, requests for comments, grant sources and deadlines, job listings, and other information of value to the AltTox Community.

New "In the Spotlight:"

• A Brief Introduction to Systematic Review
• New EPA Guidance Would Reduce Use of Lab Animals and Increase Relevant Acute Toxicity Data on Pesticides; Comments on draft guidance due by March 10
• “EPA pesticide panel considers new approach for chemical screening”

New articles featured in “Journal Watch”:

• Improved in vitro and in vivo concordance in gene expression using co-culture models
• “Systematic review and evidence integration for literature-based environmental health science assessments”

Visit the extensive Resource Center for frequent additions (look for the tag).

Subscribe to the AltTox Digest

The next issue of the AltTox Digest (e-newsletter) will be published at the end of February. Subscribe here.

Keep up with AltTox articles via RSS

We have added post-specific RSS feeds to the web site. Look for the “Post-specific RSS” menu in the sidebar of our Community Blog, Journal Watch, and Spotlight pages; you can subscribe to receive immediate notification when new articles are posted in each of those sections. To be notified of all updates or additions to the site, subscribe to the RSS feed in the “Connect with Us” menu.

As always, the Management Team welcomes your feedback on the site, and especially on its new features. Email: info@alttox.org