Millions of fish have been used to assess the effects of chemicals on the aquatic environment and alternative approaches are needed. Fish embryo toxicity data has been promoted as an ethical alternative to toxicity testing with juvenile fish but are not accepted as a perfect 1 to 1 replacement. To solve this, we have developed a Bayesian Network approach (SWiFT) which accurately predicts acute fish toxicity from the use of fish embryo toxicity data in combination with other lines of evidence.
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