Supplement Composite Samples Best For NTP Study
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The National Toxicology Program should use com-posite samples of products from multiple manufac-turers in its studies of dietary supplement ingredients, Clay Frederick, PhD, Rohm & Haas, suggested at the NTP Board of Scientific Counselors meeting in Research Triangle Park, N.C. May 25.
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