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Article Periodic Thank You Commission unveils details on plan for phasing out animal testing for chemicals safety

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Commission unveils details on plan for phasing out animal testing for chemicals safety At the REACH and CLP regulators’ meeting in July, the European Commission revealed specifics about its formal schedule to eliminate animal testing used for chemical safety assessment.

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New Alternative Methodologies and Their Applications in Drug Discovery and Development

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Where possible, NAM s seek to avoid the use of animal testing or at least to reduce it. However, reports drawn up as recently as June 2023 still emphasize the necessity of animal testing at some point as we are still far from understanding and reproducing all the variables present in a whole organism in an in vitro or in silico model.

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Analysis Chemical Thank You ECHA issues research wish list to aid in its regulatory endeavors

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Its latest report serves as a powerful indicator for what EU chemical regulation is likely to resemble in the coming years should the agency receive sufficient scientific support to meet four regulatory challenges ECHA just can’t solve without further progress from the scientific community.

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Analysis Chemical Thank You EU court upholds ban on chlorpyrifos-methyl, setting regulatory precedent in the process

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While this development, on its own, is noteworthy, the judiciary rationale behind the ruling will impact wider EU trends and serve as precedent for future chemical regulation. The firms presented a multipronged argument seeking an annulment of the non-renewal of CHP-methyl for a handful of reasons.

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Article Periodic Thank You European Commission issues EU-wide rules on pesticide ingredients

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Almost 10 years late, the new framework’s arrival will represent significant changes in the regulation of these pesticide substances. Active substances that have been approved for use in the EU are listed in the Annex of Regulation (EU) No 540/2011; currently, approximately 450 entries are listed.

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Analysis Chemical Thank You Explainer: carcinogen classification in the E.U., U.S., and internationally

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and internationally Establishing and communicating a substance’s potential to cause cancer is a cornerstone of chemical regulation worldwide. Now the agency will never imply that an agent does not present cancer risk, only that it either is a carcinogen or is simply not classifiable as one with the present level of evidence.

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Article Periodic Thank You At conference, ECHA calls for regulatory coherence, collaboration to achieve green and digital transition

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At conference, ECHA calls for regulatory coherence, collaboration to achieve green and digital transition Last week, EU chemicals regulator ECHA brought together experts from industry, government, civil society, research, and academia to discuss the future of EU chemicals regulation.