National Toxicology Program

National Toxicology Program
Agency overview
Formed1978
Agency executive
  • Dr. Richard Woychik, Director, NIEHS & NTP
Parent agencyUnited States Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Child agencies
  • Office of the Report on Carcinogens
  • Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods
Websitentp.niehs.nih.gov

The National Toxicology Program (NTP) is an inter-agency program run by the United States Department of Health and Human Services to coordinate, evaluate, and report on toxicology within public agencies.[1]

The National Toxicology Program is headquartered at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). The NIEHS Director, currently Richard Woychik, also concurrently serves as NTP Director.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Office of the National Toxicology Program". NIEHS. December 13, 2010. Archived from the original on December 20, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2011.