The Ames Test offered a fast and inexpensive way to identify carcinogens, leading to the banning of chemicals linked to cancer and birth defects. Ames, Bruce Nathan, Hazardous and Toxic Substances, Cancer, Biology and Biochemistry, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Laboratories and Scientific Equipment, Tests (Medical), Innovation, Deaths (Obituaries), your-feed-science The Ames Test offered a fast and inexpensive way to identify carcinogens, leading to the banning of chemicals linked to cancer and birth defects. NYT > Business