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Government Labs Try Non-Animal Testing


Health & Wellness  (tags: environment, ethics, government, health, animal testing, alternatives, laboratory, news, research, risks, safety, science, study )

Lorie
- 655 days ago - reuters.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Government labs will start moving to non-animal methods such as cells and computer models to test chemicals, drugs and toxins for safety, officials said on Thursday.
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Past Member (0)
Friday February 15, 2008, 11:48 am
Lorie, good read, please resubmit with Government tag. Ref: "to test chemicals, drugs and toxins for safety, officials said on Thursday."

HOW SAFE ARE TOXINS ANYWAY?
 

Pastor Tim Redfern (515)
Friday February 15, 2008, 12:45 pm
NIEHS head Dr. Samuel Wilson said automated labs can now use non-animal methods to test 100,000 compounds in up to 15 concentrations in two days.
"One person would have to work eight hours a day, seven days a week for six months to do that. It's much, much faster," Wilson said.

This is really wonderful news, Lorie,
and a method of testing that's long-past
overdue!
Thanks!, and noted.
 

Lorie Grefski (33)
Friday February 15, 2008, 1:21 pm
WnD N. ~
I'm not sure what you want me to do... are you asking me to remove this link and resubmit it under a different heading? Or do you just want me to submit it under and additional heading? Please advise.
 
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