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non-animal testing
November 10, 2020
EU’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) publishes study identifying chemical testing strategies that require fewer tests, reduce need for animal testing; based on data on biocide and plant protection products, could be expanded for use across other product types
Topics: non-animal testing, toxicity testing
Reading time: 1 minute
June 8, 2020
Fourth report from the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) finds little change since 2017, number of alternative testing adaptations continuing to increase; read-across most commonly applied followed by data-waiving and weight of evidence approaches
Topics: non-animal testing, toxicity testing
Reading time: 2 minutes
November 28, 2019
Journal publication presents summary of presentations and key messages from 2017 workshop focused on animal testing alternatives and strategies for food safety assessments
Topics: non-animal testing
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October 16, 2019
Large group of scientists denounce U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s plans to end animal testing by 2035; dispute agency’s claims that better methods exist to predict hazards of chemicals; publish open letter available for signing
Topics: non-animal testing
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August 10, 2018
U.S. National Toxicology Program’s Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative Toxicological Methods holds meetings on September 5-6 and September 19-20, 2018; registration for first meeting now open
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July 3, 2018
EFSA and EU Joint Research Centre reinforce cooperation in food and feed safety areas, including food contact materials
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June 29, 2018
FDA holds public hearing on its predictive toxicology roadmap, September 12, 2018; registration open until August 29, 2018; comments accepted after hearing until October 12, 2018
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December 12, 2017
U.S. FDA publishes roadmap to further develop predictive toxicology methods for risk assessment; public workshop to be held
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November 29, 2017
U.S. NAS workshop suggests comparing non-animal tests to human, not rodent, data, predicts alternatives to soon replace whole-animal tests; ECHA sees “long-way” until regulatory acceptance of alternatives for complex endpoints
Reading time: 2 minutes
