PETA Scientific Papers and Presentations

The following are links to scientific publications, posters, and presentations on animal experimentation issues authored by PETA U.S. and the other member organizations of the PETA International Science Consortium, including the PETA Foundation (U.K.), PETA Asia, PETA Australia, PETA France, PETA Germany, PETA India and PETA Netherlands:

Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program

• Use of Other Scientifically Relevant Information (OSRI) to Satisfy Tier 1 Testing Requirements in EPA’s Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (2013)
• Reducing EPA's Animal Testing (2012)
• Application of an Integrated Testing Strategy to the U.S. EPA Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (2011)
• A Strategy for Reducing Animal Use in the U.S. EPA's Endocrine Disruption Screening Program (2011)
• Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century and Reforming the Science of EPA's Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (2010)
• Need for a Mechanism-Based Approach to Evaluating Endocrine Active Substances (2010)
• Fulfilling Data Requirements for the U.S. EPA Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program Using Existing and Nontraditional Data (2010)
• Application of an Intelligent Testing Strategy to the U.S. EPA Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (2009)

High Production Volume Chemical Testing Program

• Animal Use and Lessons Learned in the U.S. High Production Volume Chemicals Challenge Program (2012)
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency High Production Volume Chemicals Challenge Program: Accounting for the Animals (2009)
• Strategies to Reduce Animal Testing in U.S. EPA's HPV Programme (2006)
• An Evaluation of the U.S. High Production Volume (HPV) Chemical-Testing Programme: A Study in (Ir)Relevance, Redundancy and Retro Thinking (2004)

Legislative Reform

• A Discussion of the Impact of U.S. Chemical Regulation Legislation on the Field of Toxicity Testing (2011)
• A Qualitative and Quantitative Examination of the Impact of Chemical Regulation Legislation on the Field of Toxicity Testing (2010)
• New Chemical Regulation Policies as a Means to Revolutionize Toxicity Testing (2009)

Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)

• QSARS and REACH: A Guide to Sources of Information and Advice (2012)
• REACH and the Future of Toxics Legislation (2009)

Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM)

• Method Review by the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) (2010)
• Regulatory Testing: Why Is the U.S. So Far Behind Europe? (2008)

Cancer Testing

• Long-Term Carcinogenesis Bioassays in Animals Are Poor Predictors of Cancer Risk to Humans (2010)
• Longer Rodent Bioassay Fails to Address Two-Year Bioassay's Flaws (2008)
• Challenging the Legal Basis of the Rodent Carcinogenicity Test in the United Kingdom (2008)
• Wasted Money, Wasted Lives: A Layperson's Guide to the Problems With Rodent Cancer Studies and the National Toxicology Program (2006)

Cosmetics Testing

• Implications of Postponement of the 2013 Deadline for Implementation of the Seventh Amendment to the Cosmetics Directive (2010)

Vaccine Testing

• Bridging the Gap Between Validation and Implementation of Non-Animal Veterinary Vaccine Potency Testing Methods (2011)
• Bridging the Gap Between Validation and Implementation of Non-Animal Potency Testing Methods (poster) (2010)

Antibody Production

• Recombinant Antibodies and Aptamers Are Viable Alternative to Animal-Based Antibody Production Methods (2011)
• Recombinant Antibody Technology for the Production of Antibodies Without the Use of Animals (2010)
• Recombinant DNA Technology as a Viable Alternative to Animal-Based Antibody Production Methods (2010)

Nanotechnology

• An NGO's Role in Transatlantic Nanomaterials Regulation (2012)
• Available In Vitro Methods for Nanotoxicology (2009)
• The Non-Government Organization (NGO) Perspective on Nanomaterial Safety Testing and Policy Participation (2008)

Food Safety

• Modern Analytical Methods Best Ensure Food Safety: Moving Towards Effective Human-Relevant Food Safety Protocols (2006)

Teaching and Medical Training

• Use of Animals by NATO Countries in Military Medical Training Exercises: An International Survey (2012)
• Current Concepts in Simulation and Other Alternatives for Veterinary Education: A Review (2012)

Implementation of Alternative Methods

• The Impact of U.S. Adoption of the U.N. Globally Harmonized System on the Use of In Vitro Methods for Ocular and Dermal Irritation and Corrosion (2011)

Computer Modeling

• Category Approaches, Read-Across, (Q)SAR—European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals Technical Report 116 (2013)
• Effectopedia: Collaborative Assembling of Quantitative Adverse Outcome Pathways (2013)

Oversight Issues

• Analysis of Animal Research Ethics Committee Membership at American Institutions (2012)
• Brueghel's Two Monkeys: Passing the Final Exam in the History of Mankind (2010)

Public Opinion on Animal Testing

• Mounting Opposition to Vivisection (2012)

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