About the Authors

Ted W. Simon

ted@tedsimon-toxicology.com

Affiliation Ted Simon LLC, Winston, GA, United States of America

Robert A. Budinsky

Affiliation The Dow Chemical Company, Toxicology and Environmental Research & Consulting. Midland, MI, United States of America

J. Craig Rowlands

Affiliation The Dow Chemical Company, Toxicology and Environmental Research & Consulting. Midland, MI, United States of America

Competing Interests

RAB and JCR are employees of The Dow Chemical Company, whose company funded this study. TWS is an employee of Ted Simon LLC. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TWS JCR. Performed the experiments: TWS. Analyzed the data: TWS. Wrote the paper: TWS. Provided editorial comments on the draft: JCR RAB.