National Toxicology Program

National Toxicology Program
Agency overview
Formed	1978
Agency executive	Dr. Richard Woychik, Director, NIEHS & NTP;
Parent agency	United 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;
Website	ntp.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.

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.

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