European Report Provides Animal Alternative Test Adoption Timetable
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Skin and eye irritation are the next areas where in vitro tests for cosmetics safety could replace animal tests, an ad-hoc group of European regulators and stakeholders predicted in a report outlining a timetable for the validation and adoption of alternative test methods
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