ECHA Notes Gaps In Alternative Test Methods, Stakeholder Viewpoints
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
A European Chemicals Agency official suggests that alternative methods for assessing or predicting toxicological risks still have a ways to go "before we can dream about a future in an animal test-free world." Other agency reps expressed similar sentiments during an April 18 media briefing.
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