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NTP Signs International Agreement to Reduce Animal Use in Product Toxicity Testing
Representatives from four international agencies, including the director of the U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP), Linda Birnbaurm, signed a memorandum of cooperation on April 27, 2009, that could reduce the number of animals required for consumer product safety testing worldwide. The agreement between the United States, Canada, Japan, and the European Union will yield globally coordinated scientific recommendations on alternative toxicity testing methods that should speed their adoption in each of these countries, thus reducing the number of animals needed for product safety testing.
"Signing this international agreement demonstrates our commitment to finding and advancing alternatives to animal testing," said Dr. Birnbaum, who is also the director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health. "This agreement will help us achieve greater efficiency by avoiding duplication of effort and allowing us to leverage limited resources." (More SOT News and Announcements)
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