[Iccvam-all] Reuters: News on Alternatives to Animal Testing for Dermal Corros ivity

[Brenzel.Susan]

Reuters has issued a news alert with the title "U.S. Drops Requirement
for Some Animal Tests" on their web site under the "Breaking News from
Around the Globe" section.  This article discusses alternative methods
for testing dermal corrosivity - Corrositex, EpiDerm (EPI-200),
EPISKIN and Rat Skin Transcutaneous Electrical Resistance (TER) Assay
- evaluated by the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the
Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM).  This news article can be
viewed on the Reuters site at the following address:

Reuters.com - U.S. Drops Requirement for Some Animal Tests
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=search&StoryID=1348248&
fromEmail=true

For more information on dermal corrosivity and ICCVAM, please visit
http://iccvam.niehs.nih.gov/methods/epiderm.htm and
http://iccvam.niehs.nih.gov, respectively.


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