EPA Plans To Refine Rules, Guides To Boost Non-Animal Chemical Tests

EPA, in a just-issued report, says some of its existing policies will need to be “further refined or explained” in order to implement ambitious goals set by Administrator Andrew Wheeler to increase use of new alternative methods (NAMs) as part of a paradigm shift when testing the toxicity of chemicals over the next 15 years. “In certain cases, that authority needs to be further refined or explained to accommodate the implementation of NAMs, requiring the development of rules, policies, and...