Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Animal Testing Methods for Some Chemicals Need Change, Don't Accurately Mimic Human Exposure

A new review suggests oral gavage, the most widely accepted method of dosing lab animals to test chemical toxicity, does not accurately mimic how humans are exposed to chemicals in everyday life. The review challenging risk assessment methods used for decades by toxicologists is led by environmental health scientist Laura Vandenberg at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Oral gavage refers to the way researchers give chemicals to animals by putting a tube ...

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