ECHA Releases Fourth Non-Animal Methods Report; ‘A Bricked-Up Window,’ Says PETA UK
Executive Summary
Animal-welfare groups have been critical of the European Chemicals Agency's administration of REACH's "last resort" principle. PETA UK says the agency's latest report to the European Commission on registrants' use of alternative, non-animal methods similarly comes up short.
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