ANIMAL TESTING has long been considered the gold standard for environmental toxicology, the determination of the toxicity of chemicals found in the environment. But animal testing takes a long time ...

The use of animals to test the toxicity of chemicals may one day become outdated thanks to a low-cost, high-speed algorithm. The use of animals to test the toxicity of chemicals may one day become ...

Ash rained down and smoke blanketed Los Angeles during the 2025 wildfires, leaving behind a toxic legacy in soil and homes.

Chemical makers who produce per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS, must start testing the toxicity of their products, according to a new decision recently announced by the U.S.

To reduce extensive animal testing and speed up safety evaluations, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) is moving slowly but surely to incorporate data from ...

(Beyond Pesticides, November 21, 2022) Once again, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has registered a new pesticide without performing a thorough review of its impacts on biodiversity as well ...

Advanced algorithms working from large chemical databases can predict a new chemical's toxicity better than standard animal tests, suggests a study led by scientists at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School ...

Petition sought studies of several PFAS Agency to require chemical manufacturers to fund the study of toxicity of 24 categories of PFAS (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday said ...

Communications strategist Olga González examines why childhood lead poisoning remains one of the United States’ most ...