''Food and Chemical Toxicology'' is a

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covering aspects of

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, chemical safety, and other aspects of consumer

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. It is published by

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and was established in 1963. The

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is José L. Domingo.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in

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/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences, Current Contents/Life Sciences,

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, and

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. According to the ''

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'', it has a 2014

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of 2.895, ranking it 30th out of 87 journals in the category "Toxicology" and 14th out of 123 journals in the category "Food Science & Technology".

Controversies

In September 2012 F&CT was the original journal which published the paper in question in the Séralini affair. In November 2013 the publisher (Elsevier) then retracted it, however, only for it to be republished by

Environmental Sciences Europe ''Environmental Sciences Europe'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of environmental science. It was established in 1989 as ''Umweltwissenschaften und Schadstoff-Forschung'' (German for ''Environmental Science and Pollution ...

in June 2014. In 2022, after a call from the editor for articles on alleged adverse effects of the Covid-19 vaccine, Seneff et al. published a paper alleging various mechanisms for various diseases that the authors intend to link to Covid-19 vaccination. Several scientists have warned of the biases and shortcomings that this article contains.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.journals.elsevier.com/food-and-chemical-toxicology/ Publications established in 1963 Toxicology journals English-language journals Monthly journals Elsevier academic journals