PETA scientists organized a webinar to train Taiwanese regulators on using animal-free methods to test for skin irritation instead of smearing toxic chemicals onto animals’ skin. More than 160 government scientists attended the free webinar, and other Taiwanese organizations have expressed interest in attending future webinars to receive even more training on non-animal testing methods.
The PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. recently presented its work to replace the use of animals in inhalation testing at an important international toxicology conference. Together with biotech company Epithelix, the Consortium also announced the launch of an award to provide researchers with human cell–based lung tissues to replace animals who are forced to breathe … Read more »
A special issue of the prestigious journal Applied In Vitro Toxicology—with Dr. Amy Clippinger, director of PETA’s Regulatory Testing Department and the PETA International Science Consortium Ltd., at the helm as guest editor—covers the scientific advances being made to replace animals in inhalation testing with more effective, non-animal methods.
Following an appeal by PETA India, the government body responsible for overseeing pesticide registrations in India included the group’s scientists on an important committee, leading to reductions in the use of mice, birds, and other animals in pesticide testing.
After years of scientific input from PETA scientists on animal-free test methods, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it will accept non-animal tests to determine whether pesticides and certain chemicals cause skin allergies in humans, sparing thousands of mice and guinea pigs from painful tests.
Scientists from the PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. attended the world’s largest international toxicology conference, where they presented research that the Science Consortium is funding to develop non-animal inhalation testing methods, co-chaired a symposium session, and led a continuing education course focused on ways to replace animals in chemical testing.
The PETA International Science Consortium Ltd., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Defense, and others co-authored a paper published in the journal Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, detailing how to replace animal-poisoning tests.
After receiving extensive input from PETA and others, a plan was put forward by 16 federal government agencies to replace the use of animals used in toxicity testing. Implementing this roadmap has the potential to prevent millions of animals from suffering and dying in chemical and drug tests.
In a major collaborative effort with government and industry officials as well as academics, PETA scientists spearheaded a journal publication detailing ways to replace animals in inhalation tests. The PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. co-authored the comprehensive report with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, The Dow Chemical Company, Syngenta, British American Tobacco, the University of … Read more »
The PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. helped a multinational company appeal a testing requirement that would have meant poisoning pregnant rats or rabbits with high concentrations of a cosmetics ingredient and then killing them and their babies just before birth. The Science Consortium supported the company through the process and spoke out for animals at … Read more »
