The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced two new testing procedures on Thursday to evaluate chemical and pesticide safety without using live animals. The policy shift introduces non-animal ...

Scientists across Europe are combining AI, human cells and mini-organs to predict chemical harm, reducing the need for ...

The methods predict the lung irritant risk of surfactants and oral toxicity of some pesticides but shouldn’t completely ...

For many years, the European Union has pursued a policy aimed at the replacement, reduction and refinement of animal testing ...

About two million animals were used or killed for research purposes in 2024. That is fewer than in previous years, but still ...

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Researchers examine how the use of animal testing to identify endocrine-disrupting substances in the EU can be reduced. Although it is, in principle, possible to identify such substances without using ...

For thousands of years, humans have studied animals’ bodies to better understand our own. But using other animals as a proxy for humans is far from perfect. There are ethical issues for one, and they ...

Editor’s note: This article contains graphic descriptions of how animals are treated during testing. The skulls of living cats are drilled with holes to screw metal strainer posts into their heads, ...

Organizers of the March to Abolish Animal Testing are calling for immediate action after explosive new whistleblower evidence alleging severe cruelty toward dogs at Marshall BioResources was submitted ...