There has been a battle underway for many years as to what is the best way to evaluate the effect of chemicals on the human body. The government and other regulatory bodies think that computer simulations are best. The health effects researchers—endocrinologists, developmental biologists and epidemiologists, among others—draw their conclusions from direct observations of how chemicals actually affect living things.
Valerie Brown and Elizabeth Grossman have an extended paper on the subject and conclude that computer simulations are not the best way. They contend that the regulators are overly influenced by the manufacturers.
VALERIE BROWN AND ELIZABETH GROSSMAN
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