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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 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 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.
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2005 Sarah Houlton	Global Report: Animal Attacks While efforts are being made to reduce animal use, animal testing will remain essential for the foreseeable future, and protests are sure to continue in one form or another. The success of the new legislative regime in the UK now appears to be driving some of the protesters abroad.
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 May 19, 2014 Emma Stoye	UK researchers pledge transparency in animal research Seventy-two research organizations in the UK have signed the new Concordat on Openness in Animal Research -- a pledge to offer the public more information about studies involving animals.
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 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.
Reason October 2000 Frederick K. Goodwin & Adrian R. Morrison	Science and Self-Doubt Why animal researchers must remember that human beings are special...
Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2006 Sarah Houlton	Global Report: Chemicals Legislation in Europe Chemicals legislation in Europe may affect pharma's relationship with suppliers.
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 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 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.
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 October 11, 2006 Arthur Rogers	Controversy Continues as Reach Nears Completion With deadlines looming for final agreement on the planned European Union system of registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals, the European Parliament's Environment Committee is pushing for further amendments.
Reason January 2001	Letters Animal Instincts" "Science and Self-Doubt," by Frederick K. Goodwin and Adrian R. Morrison (October), presents only one side of a multidimensional issue...
InternetNews July 6, 2005 Jim Wagner	European Parliament Rejects Software Patents After three years of debate, legislation to provide unified software patent protections across the EU is halted.
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.
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2011	Europe's Transparency Directive Revisited The effect on pharma of the EU's Transparency Directive has been overly constraining, but will the mooted revisions offer any room to maneuver?
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Chemistry World October 31, 2014 Ned Stafford	Plea for EU to act on GM from plant scientists 21 top European plant scientists have issued an open letter demanding that the EU take action to ensure that they and other scientists are able to pursue genetically modified plant research.
Chemistry World November 3, 2015 Ned Stafford	GM food and feed law falters in EU parliament Both GMO supporters and opponents applauded parliament's rejection of the proposed law.
Chemistry World June 19, 2014 Ned Stafford	EU plan to let member states decide on GM The European council of environment ministers would allow member states to go it alone and ban the cultivation of genetically modified crops.
Chemistry World June 29, 2006 Katharine Sanderson	Estonian Chemical Industry at a Competitive Disadvantage The chemical industry in Estonia will struggle to be competitive under the EU's Reach directive.
Salon.com September 3, 2002 Kurt Kleiner	"Drawing the Line" by Steven M. Wise A Harvard professor says science itself proves that such animals as parrots, apes and elephants should be considered persons with legal rights.
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 November 30, 2011 Patrick Walter	Autumn windfall for UK science and industry The UK government has announced a raft of measures in its autumn statement to try to boost the flagging economy. There is some good news for the research community, as well as the chemical and life science industries.
Chemistry World August 28, 2015 Jennifer Newton	Synthetic stomach membrane to minimize animal tests Scientists in the UK have made a synthetic surface that could replace animal tissues in liquid drug formulation tests.
Chemistry World January 24, 2008 Arthur Rogers	EU Extends Emissions Trading Scheme to Petrochemicals Proposals for reform of the EU emissions trading system (ETS) will impact the chemicals sector by extending the system to nitrous oxide (N 2O) emissions.
BusinessWeek October 11, 2004 James Mehring	European Union: Sending The Wrong Signal To Business Recently proposed measures intended to protect workers' health and safety could also be a competitive drag for the EU.
Chemistry World June 13, 2014 Ned Stafford	European chemical regulations failing consumers A leading consumer group says chemicals regulations in Europe are inadequate and fail to protect consumers from the risks posed by a broad range of products.
Chemistry World February 2, 2006 Jon Evans	Researchers Put Bioenergetics Into Biomagnification A mathematical model developed by researchers is set to improve understanding of how persistent organic pollutants accumulate in different animal species.
Chemistry World October 18, 2010 Sean Milmo	Red mud could prompt chemical rule review The alumina waste sludge accident in Hungary shows that the the European Union needs to be more effective in its enforcement of legislation on waste containing dangerous chemicals, according to environmental lawyers.
Chemistry World October 9, 2007 Victoria Gill	MRI Scanners Get Five-Year Reprieve in Legal U-Turn The European Commission will delay the implementation of the EU Physical Agents Directive. The decision follows pressure from scientists who have been lobbying to avert what they called a 'serious threat' to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) posed by the directive.
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.
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2011	Seeing Through the Transparency Directive The EU is largely powerless when it comes to policies over pharma pricing and reimbursement.
Chemistry World November 28, 2012 Ned Stafford	Scientists come together to fight EU budget cuts As politicians continue to debate sharp reductions to the next seven year EU budget, scientists are joining together and loudly urging political leaders to keep their budgetary knives away from research funding.
Job Journal August 31, 2008	Career Snapshot: Animal Care Assistant Working with and caring for animals can be dirty, dangerous, and extremely rewarding.
Chemistry World April 30, 2010 Sarah Houlton	EU research faces radical overhaul The European Commission has responded to calls from researchers to cut red tape in EU funding processes and has also proposed radical changes to EU research funding policies, moving towards linking payment to results.
Chemistry World June 13, 2007 Victoria Gill	Europe Running Out of Time to Address 'Threat' to MRI The European Commission has told scientists it is not yet ready to change proposed European physical agents legislation, criticized by scientists for posing a 'serious threat' to legislation on medical imaging.
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 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.
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2007 Sarah Houlton	Global Report: Pure and Simple The european union is set to overhaul the way it monitors drug safety to help make sense of a decentralized system that has been criticized for being ineffective. Will the EC's upcoming drug-safety plan be just what the doctor ordered or end up an indecent proposal?
Fast Company David Lumb	Continuing Its Battle With Silicon Valley, The EU Will Probe How Ads Affect Search Results The EU commission is launching a separate investigation into how online platforms list search results and how they use customer data -- all as part of a general plan for a "unified digital market" announced last week.
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Chemistry World June 26, 2006 Arthur Rogers	Update: US Firms Accuse Reach of Raising Trade Barriers With European governments poised to approve the EU regime of registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals (Reach), the US has launched a last-gasp campaign to persuade ministers to revisit the draft.
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.
Financial Planning March 1, 2005 Abigail La Croix	5 Questions Frances Carlisle, a trust and estate attorney in New York, offers her expertise on pet trusts for advisers with clients who want to provide legally for their surviving pets.