EPA Chemical Program Should Be Referred To ICCVAM, House Letter Says
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
The Environmental Protection Agency's high production volume chemicals testing program should be referred "immediately" to ICCVAM "to find suitable alternatives to animal tests," a group of eight House members state in a March 8 letter to the agency. The Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee for the Validation of Alternative Methods is an independent group under the National Institutes of Health responsible for finding alternative methods to animal testing.
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