Upcoming toxicity seminar may bring good news for animals...

Opposing Views.com
June 10, 2009

By Joyce Tischler, ALDF's Founder and General Counsel

I’m excited about a major development that could spare many, many thousands of animals from being used in agonizing toxicity testing.

In 2007, the U.S. National Research Council (NRC) released a report entitled “Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century: A Vision and A Strategy.” This Report proposes a new paradigm for toxicity testing, one that moves away from using live animals and replaces them with alternatives, such as cell cultures, tissues cultures, computer models and other methods.

Read the rest of Joyce's editorial and the symposium scheduled for June 29-30 at the University of Ottawa by clicking here...