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ECHA: Non-Animal Tests For Complex Toxicity Endpoints Not 'Foreseeable'

 
• By Ryan Nelson

Animal-welfare groups are concerned that a new report from the European Chemicals Agency on the regulatory applicability of alternative tests "weighs too heavily on the challenges faced in applying data from non-animal methods." The timing, with the REACH 2018 registration deadline looming, also is worrisome, they suggest.

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The European Chemicals Agency has reported previously on non-animal testing approaches that companies are using to comply with data requirements under EU laws, but for the first time the agency offers commentary on the "regulatory applicability" of available alternative methods in a report issued Nov. 22.

According to ECHA's same-day

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