EU chemicals law ‘spells surge in animal testing’, costs

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Series Details 27.8.09
Publication Date 27/08/2009
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The costs — both in animal lives and euros — of the European REACH legislation on chemical testing are escalating. Thomas Hartung and Costanza Rovida, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, argue for a suspension of certain toxicity tests.
Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.euractiv.com/climate-environment/eu-chemicals-law-spells-surge-an-news-222434
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EHCA: Press Release: ECHA/PR/09/11 (28.8.09): New study inaccurate on the number of test animals for REACH http://echa.europa.eu/doc/press/pr_09_11_animal_testing_20090828.pdf
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