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Article Periodic Thank You Commission unveils “one substance, one assessment” reform package

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Commission unveils “one substance, one assessment” reform package The Commission has long aspired to realize its one substance, one assessment concept in the EU’s chemical regulatory regime. This also has clear potential to reduce animal testing, another key commitment made by the Commission.

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Everything Wrong with Mouse Studies (Kinda)

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In 2009, a small group of Dutch biologists rounded up some lab mice, stabbed them with needles, and harvested their blood. Mice and rats account for 95 percent of all animals used in biomedical research. For every 5,000 drug compounds tested in mice, five move into human studies. Each animal had a different microbiome.

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