Toxics: EPA finalizes pesticide registration skin test waiver

EPA has finalized guidance intended to reduce the amount of animal testing required to register pesticides for domestic use, releasing a document instructing companies on how and when they can ask to waive mandates that require traditional animal toxicology tests for acute dermal toxicity of pesticide formulations. The agency Nov. 29 released the final version of its “ Guidance for Waiving Acute Dermal Toxicity Tests for Pesticide Formulations,” which the agency released in draft form for public comments last year...