Sentences with phrase «reduce chemical testing»
New experimental models based on three - dimensional reconstructions of human skin are helping to reduce chemical testing on live animals, but can not yet replace animals altogether
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Over the past year Jackson Family Wines have been testing a prototype of the BlueMorph, a cutting edge technology especially designed to use ultraviolet light for tank sanitation, reducing or eliminating the use of water, power, and chemicals.
From this perspective, it is heartening that the Government of India has recently given approval for the test planting of Bt cotton, which hopefully will reduce dependence on chemical pesticides in years to come.
In another study, the same researchers who discovered the uptake of antibiotics by plants tested four of these drugs to determine how effective composting would be in reducing harmful chemicals in turkey manure.
Animal protection and animal rights groups hailed another provision that aims to reduce EPA and chemical companies» use of animal - based toxicity testing methods.
In a statement, Jessica Sandler, a vice president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the animal rights group, noted her group supported the bill because it «contains important language to reduce and replace the use of animals in painful chemical toxicity tests.
The researchers also tested the different microbes» performance with minimal pretreatment of the plant materials, indicating it may be possible to reduce or eliminate use of heat and chemicals that make the feedstock accessible to biological processing.
The measure aims to make chemical safety reviews more science - based, and includes provisions designed to reduce the use of animals in chemical testing and promote the study of so - called cancer clusters.
The American Medical Association called for improved oversight (2009), the American Public Health Association called for «a precautionary approach to reducing American exposure,» (2010) and the American Chemical Society recommended expanded education and research, updated testing protocols, and the development of safer EDC alternatives (2012 — 2015).
STUDY TWO — olive leaf extract was tested on the digestive systems of mice and significantly reduced pro-inflammatory chemicals like TNF - a and IL - 6.
Plus, according to Khalsa, lab tests have shown that with longterm exposure at low doses, fipronil has the potential to cause nervous system and thyroid toxicity, thyroid cancer, altered thyroid hormone levels, liver toxicity, kidney damage, convulsions, whining, barking, crying, loss of appetite, locomotor difficulty, reduced fertility, fetus mortality, smaller offspring, loss of hair at or beyond the point of application, moist inflammation, chemical burn and itching.
And in June, President Obama signed legislation to revamp the Toxic Substances Control Act and to reduce the use of animals in chemical testing protocols.
Generated a new procedure to coordinate the laboratory tests for chemical materials, reducing the lead - time by 2 months for development of new products.
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