US National Toxicology Program: more focus on human-relevant non-animal approaches for safety testing

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US National Toxicology Program: more focus on human-relevant non-animal approaches for safety testing

6 March 2020
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The U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP) Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC) met on 21 February to discuss the critical issues of making toxicology testing more human relevant, as well as micro- and nanoplastics in our environment, among other topics.

The focus was on using approaches more relevant to humans when studying chemicals.

To protect public health, animal studies have been effective at identifying chemicals that may cause human harm, but that protection has come at a significant price. Many researchers are reluctant to use animals in ways that intentionally cause harm. They also face the challenge of extrapolating effects in animals to potential effects in people.