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Chemistry World December 24, 2014 Phillip Broadwith |
EU chemicals regulator scolded over animal testing The European Ombudsman has upheld a complaint made by animal rights group PETA that the European Chemicals Agency is not doing enough to enforce substitution of animal testing. |
Chemistry World April 15, 2013 |
BASF introduces cell-based allergen test German chemicals giant BASF has announced a new in vitro, cell-based test for allergenic substances. The method aims to replace animal tests for skin sensitizing action of new chemicals. |
Chemistry World November 18, 2015 Emma Davies |
Advancing animal testing alternatives The European Chemicals Agency has begun to ask companies to demonstrate that they have carefully considered using alternatives to animal tests. |
Chemistry World April 29, 2013 Phillip Broadwith |
Appeal reverses ECHA call for animal tests An appeal has overturned the European Chemicals Agency's request for additional animal toxicity testing on the automotive air-conditioning refrigerant 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf). |
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2008 Sarah Houlton |
Animal Humanity The new EU directive looks to reduce, refine, and eventually replace animal testing. |
Chemistry World July 24, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
A Viable Alternative Tests on mice, rats, rabbits and guinea pigs to stop harmful chemicals reaching humans were once a necessary evil. But such checks now seem embarrassingly old-fashioned, according to a report on toxicity testing. |
Chemistry World May 4, 2011 Hepeng Jia |
Animal testing alternatives for China 'China can lead the way in applying alternatives to animal testing,' says Melvin Andersen, a professor of toxicology from the Hamner Institute for Health Sciences, North Carolina, in the US, speaking at a Unilever sponsored meeting in Shanghai, on 14 March. |
Chemistry World January 3, 2014 Patrick Walter |
EU chemical agency authorizes hazardous chemical use The European Chemicals Agency has granted its first approval to use a substance of very high concern |
Chemistry World June 5, 2013 Phillip Broadwith |
Industry reaches registration deadline The European Chemicals Agency received information on nearly 3000 chemicals that are produced or imported into the EU on scales between 100 and 1000 tons per year, as part of the Reach (registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals) program. |
IndustryWeek July 1, 2004 Tonya Vinas |
P&G Seeks Alternatives To Animal Tests Procter & Gamble Co. has lent its top product-safety officer to the European Commission this year to help the regulatory group set legislation and industry standards related to alternatives to animal testing. |
Chemistry World January 16, 2014 |
The art of alternatives Recent years have seen great advances in alternatives to animal tests. Yet we still need to understand how and why compounds are toxic before we can make the giant leap to replacement. |
Chemistry World January 2007 Mark Peplow |
Editorial: The End of the Beginning for Reach It's been a long time coming, but the European Reach (registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemicals) legislation has finally been settled, and should come into force progressively from June 2007. |
Chemistry World June 14, 2012 Andrew Turley |
ECHA finishes first combo review The European Chemical Agency has for the first time looked at a group of chemicals as a combination when considering risks associated with exposure -- rather than looking at each chemical in isolation. |
Chemistry World October 4, 2010 Andrew Turley |
ECHA to go easy on 'exceptional cases' The European Chemicals Agency has said that some companies will not have to meet all the registration requirements of the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals legislation. |
Chemistry World December 4, 2006 Arthur Rogers |
EU Chemicals Legislation Settled European Union negotiators announced that they had overcome the final hurdles that were holding up new legislation to control the use of chemicals. |
Chemistry World March 19, 2010 Sean Milmo |
Reach deadline at risk The European Union is partnering with industry to try and prevent a large number of chemical companies missing an important deadline under the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical Substances regulations that could cause chemicals to be removed from the market. |
Chemistry World December 1, 2010 Andrew Turley |
Reach deadline passes, registrations fall short of predictions The number of chemicals recorded for registration as part of landmark European chemical legislation was 28 per cent lower than expected, prompting renewed concern from downstream manufacturers. |
Chemistry World March 2, 2012 Sean Milmo |
Reach dossiers failing on data An evaluation of the first tranche of registration dossiers submitted under the EU Reach (registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemicals) regulation suggests the vast majority have inadequate data. |
Chemistry World February 6, 2013 Andrew Turley |
Reach reviewed: no change required Chemical regulation in the EU is working as it should be, although there is room for improvement in its implementation, according to a long-awaited review from the European commission. |
Chemistry World June 8, 2010 Sean Milmo |
One in four firms not complying with chemical legislation Inspection data suggests that a quarter of chemical companies have not been complying with European chemicals legislation. |
Chemistry World August 12, 2008 |
Reach Regulator Faces Resource Stretch The process of pre-registration of chemicals under Reach is now accelerating amidst concerns that the Helsinki-based European Chemicals Agency, which is responsible for running the EU scheme to regulate the production and use of chemicals, may not have enough resources to do its job properly. |
Chemistry World May 28, 2008 Arthur Rogers |
EU strikes deal on Reach toxicity tests Under pressure from Members of the European Parliament, the European Commission has promised to speed up validation and authorization of toxicity tests that avoid the use of animals. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2007 Courtney E. Howard |
European Union launches Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals regulation The EU's recently enacted REACH law makes industry manufacturers, importers, and systems developers responsible for the identification, management, and substitution of chemical substances. |
Chemistry World June 1, 2007 Bea Perks |
EU Chemicals Legislation Comes Into Force The European chemicals legislation, Reach, enters into force today, as the new European chemicals agency starts operations in Helsinki. |
Chemistry World August 27, 2009 Sarah Houlton |
Reach costs set to spiral The EU's Reach chemicals legislation could use 20 times more animals and cost six times more than originally estimated, according to two toxicologists. |
Chemistry World November 28, 2008 Sean Milmo |
Crunch weekend for Reach chemicals regulation Thousands of companies are expected this weekend to be scrambling to pre-register their chemicals with the Helsinki-based European Chemicals Agency, so that they can continue to sell them in the European Union after a deadline of midnight on Monday. |
Chemistry World June 16, 2009 Sean Milmo |
Nanomaterials cause classification headache for Reach Confusion over classification of nanomaterials under the Reach chemicals legislation has led to two groups of companies using different criteria to submit data on carbon nanotubes to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). |
Chemistry World November 27, 2013 |
Reach is a big trade barrier, say US manufacturers The EU's Reach (registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals) regulation is the biggest trade obstacle for America's small and medium-sized chemical manufacturers. |
Information Today November 29, 2012 |
EBSCO Publishing's ExPub Releases R 2 For Chemical Registrations Companies impacted by the European Union's Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulations now have a valuable tool in R 2 (REACH Registrations) from Expert Publishing, a division of EBSCO Publishing. |
Scientific American January 2006 |
Saving Animals and People Use of animals in testing and in biomedical research continues to be necessary and is ethically preferable to experimenting on humans or forgoing cures that could save human lives, but the development and acceptance of animal substitutes deserve enthusiastic support. |
Chemistry World May 11, 2009 Sean Milmo |
Chemical Data Forums Latest Stumbling Block for Reach Data sharing forums crucial to the success of the Reach chemicals legislation are not functioning effectively, with lack of communication, IT inadequacies and the complexity of implementing the scheme blamed for the lack of progress. |
Chemistry World June 17, 2008 Sean Milmo |
Reach Chemicals Regulation Hit by Computer Problems The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is still struggling to put its IT system fully into operation more than two weeks after the start of the project's pre-registration period. |
Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2006 Sarah Houlton |
Global Report: Chemicals Legislation in Europe Chemicals legislation in Europe may affect pharma's relationship with suppliers. |
Chemistry World December 13, 2006 Arthur Rogers |
Reach Goes Ahead After last-gasp negotiations between ministers and legislators, the European Parliament today gave the go-ahead to the launch of Reach, the European Union regulatory regime for chemicals. |
Chemistry World March 30, 2009 Rebecca Trager |
EPA announces new chemical toxicity plan New regulations mean the agency will now rely less on animal testing to assess toxicity and risk, focusing instead on using advanced tools from fields like genomics, molecular biology and computational sciences. |
Chemistry World June 10, 2009 Sean Milmo |
ECHA recommends strict controls for certain chemicals The European Chemicals Agency has recommended that seven chemicals, including plasticizers, flame retardants and a fragrance enhancer cannot stay on the European markets without specific authorization. |
Fast Company November 22, 2011 |
Animal Planet Show Or New York Post Headline? Can you tell which headline appeared in the New York Post or on Animal Planet? |
Science News February 2, 2008 |
Science Safari: Be a Cognitive-Test Subject A new website tests your cognitive abilities for research. |
Chemistry World December 22, 2006 Victoria Gill |
Metabolic Profiling Could Improve Animal Experiments Different types of rats respond to drugs in substantially different ways that can be tracked by metabolic analysis, according to scientists who say their finding has major implications for designing animal experiments. |
Chemistry World May 22, 2013 Phillip Broadwith |
Lords Bill proposes animal research labelling for medicines A new bill being introduced in the UK House of Lords proposes to make it mandatory for medicine labels to declare when animal research has been used in their development. |
Chemistry World January 7, 2014 Phillip Broadwith |
All hail shale The US shale gas boom has continued to drive recovery for the country's chemical industry this year. Access to cheap feedstocks and energy has allowed US producers to compete strongly in the global market |
Chemistry World December 23, 2010 Andrew Turley |
A chemical regulation comes of age The man on the street may not have felt it, but last year there was a seismic shift in the way chemicals are regulated in Europe. |
T.H.E. Journal December 2001 Rob Foshay |
Testing, Testing -- Does Anybody Know Why? The purpose of all testing should be to help instructors improve their teaching and to help learners progress. Yet, all too often, that seems to be the least important purpose for tests. The author, an officer of a testing company, shows how his product can help... |
Chemistry World July 31, 2013 Daniel Johnson |
Animal testing failures put drug trial volunteers in danger The reporting of animal studies is biased, inflating the efficacy of drug candidates and pushing them into the clinic before they are ready. |
Chemistry World December 14, 2015 Matthew Gunther |
Cost of banning BPA in till receipts outweighs benefits, EU agency concludes The social and economic costs of banning bisphenol A in cash register receipts outweigh any long-term benefits. |
BusinessWeek July 15, 2010 Emma Ross-Thomas et al. |
Getting Stressed About European Stress Tests Investors want to see details of the bank stress tests - and to learn how banks that fail will raise the extra capital they will need. |
T.H.E. Journal September 2004 Sue Cooper |
Computerized Practice Tests Boost Student Achievement By taking practice tests four to five times prior to the state testing, students are showing significant improvement within their deficit areas. More important, the students are enjoying themselves. |