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According to the National Research Council, “The primary goal of an animal sentinel system is to identify harmful chemicals or chemical mixtures in the environment before they might otherwise be detected through human epidemiologic studies or toxicologic studies in laboratory animals. Once identified, exposures could be minimized until methods can be devised to determine specific etiologic agents. Animal sentinel systems themselves are not the answer to the latter problem, but might provide additional valuable time in which to search for the answer.”
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