EPA EDSP Victory 2015

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) formally announced its plan to incorporate results from non-animal methods in its Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program as a step towards its stated goal of developing a set of in vitro methods to replace all animal studies in the program. The EDSP, as it is known, requires the testing of more than 10,000 chemicals for possible effects on the body’s hormonal systems, and in its original form, had the potential to kill millions of animals. EPA’s announcement means the agency is largely following the roadmap that PETA scientists have laid out for the program over the past decade through ongoing meetings with EPA, participation in working groups, submission of numerous technical documents, and the publication of several articles.