NEW EU RESEARCH PROJECT DEVELOPS NEW NON-ANIMAL TESTS FOR COSMETIC AND OTHER CONSUMER PRODUCTS
February 1st, 2016
A EUROPEAN Union (EU)-backed project is developing a new testing strategy to assess chemical safety in consumer products, including for cosmetics and personal care lines, without using animals in experiments.
The EU-ToxRisk project, which has a budget of around EUR30 million, is being coordinated in the Netherlands by Leiden University. It is scheduled to run from January 2016 to the end of 2021.
An international consortium running its studies consists of 39 partner organisations and will be working to deliver reliable, animal-free hazard and risk assessment of ...
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