PETA Science Consortium International e.V. and collaborators in the US and India co-organized first-of-their-kind, hands-on training courses in India on state-of-the-art non-animal toxicity testing methods. The multi-day training courses mark the first time these sessions have been open to the scientific community in India, attracting more than 100 scientists interested in gaining practical experience with … Read more »
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is increasingly using an approach co-developed by PETA scientists that predicts cancer risk from existing toxicity data. This approach spares 800 animals each time it is used. So far this year, the EPA has spared a total of 4,000 rats and mice.
PETA scientists and their collaborators published a new study that uses lab-grown human lung cells instead of animals to test chemicals. The research is already making an impact, as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency used the data to develop guidance prioritizing human-relevant, non-animal data over inhalation tests on animals for certain types of chemicals.
The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development published guidelines on numerous tests that will replace the use of animals when examining how chemicals affect human livers, skin, hormones, and DNA. PETA scientists provided input on these methods and have a seat at the table in the OECD meetings where international guidelines for chemicals are developed.
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched the Office of Research Innovation, Validation, and Application (ORIVA) that will spearhead efforts to expand the development, validation, and use of non-animal methods. PETA scientists look forward to partnering with the new office to advance non-animal science, as these are efforts they have supported and advanced … Read more »
The European Commission has published its “roadmap towards phasing out animal testing for chemical safety assessments,” signaling a clear shift towards a future in which chemical safety assessments rely on reliable and relevant non-animal approaches. PETA U.K. scientists have been closely involved in shaping the roadmap from the start—for example, by participating in expert working … Read more »
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has updated its official list of test methods it considers scientifically reliable and relevant, which could be used to make regulatory decisions. This is also the first time the list has been accompanied by instructions for how stakeholders can nominate additional non-animal methods to the list.
The National Institutes of Health honored PETA scientists and collaborators with an award for advancing the development and use of non-animal antibodies. This work challenges an industry that uses millions of animals each year as living factories to produce antibodies.
A PETA Science Consortium International e.V. publication revealed that non-animal antibodies can readily replace many of the most commonly used animal-derived antibodies in scientific research. While offering greater consistency and reliability, these non-animal replacements are commercially available and can be adopted by laboratories immediately.
At the Society of Toxicology annual meeting, the world’s largest toxicology event, PETA scientists chaired sessions, presented posters, and took home awards for Best Paper for their work on replacing the use of live rabbits in eye irritation tests, Best Poster for their work on replacing the use of rats in inhalation tests, and Best … Read more »
A paper co-authored by PETA scientists shows that human cell–based vaginal tissue models have the potential to replace rabbits when assessing the safety of personal lubricants. This non-animal method delivers data that is predictive of human health effects, reproducible across laboratories, and ranks personal lubricants by vaginal irritation potential. PETA scientists remain hard at work … Read more »
Following collaborations with PETA scientists and other experts, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics published a document outlining how non-animal tests can—and should—be used to assess industrial chemicals for skin irritation. The document prioritizes the use of reliable and human-relevant non-animal methods over those that use live rabbits to assess … Read more »
Following years of collaboration with PETA scientists, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its recommitment to ending tests on animals. PETA’s Managing Director of Regulatory Toxicology, Dr. Amy Clippinger, joined the EPA Administrator and spoke at the public announcement. This commitment to increase reliance on non-animal testing approaches echoes longstanding sentiments of the agency … Read more »
A paper co-authored by PETA scientists shows that human cell–based vaginal tissue models have the potential to replace rabbits when assessing the safety of personal lubricants. This non-animal method delivers data that is predictive of human health effects, reproducible across laboratories, and ranks personal lubricants by vaginal irritation potential.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) spared 1,600 animals from deadly chemical tests after successfully applying a scientific approach created by the EPA, PETA scientists, and other experts. The adoption of a scientific approach co-developed by PETA scientists to replace rats and mice in cancer tests saves hundreds of animals every time it’s implemented. This … Read more »
