Testing Tactics: REACH and In vitro Alternatives: Skin Irritation Testing

Aug 8th, 2013
Robert Holtz, BioInnovation Laboratories

Welcome back to a continuing discussion regarding the new Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH) regulation and its impact on chemical testing. As discussed in the previous column,1 regulation No. 1907/2006, or REACH, is in effect in the European Union (EU) and safety information must now be provided on all chemicals that are either sold, manufactured or imported into the EU in a quantity greater than or equal to one ton per year.

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