"ICAPO seeks to ensure the widest possible integration of alternative methods in the OECD's influential guidelines and programmes."
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New 2012 Test Guidelines Just Published:
Test No. 443: Extended One-Generation Reproductive Toxicity Study(Significant reduction in animal numbers)
TG 460: Fluorescein Leakage Test Method for Identifying Ocular Corrosives and Severe Irritants
The International Council on Animal Protection in OECD Programmes (ICAPO) seeks to ensure the widest possible integration of alternative methods in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) influential guidelines and programmes. The OECD is an economic alliance of 30 of the world's industrialised countries. Based in Paris, the OECD co-ordinates the development of standardised chemical testing guidelines which are then adopted by the member countries. The OECD also co-ordinates the development of chemical testing programmes, such as its current programme on endocrine disruptors.
More News and Updates:
Animal Protection Through Participation in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development: The ICAPO Model: A poster presented at the 8th World Congress for Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences in Montreal in 2011
Test guidelines adopted in 2010 and 2011:
TG 456: H295R Steroidogenesis Assay
TG 439: In Vitro Skin Irritation
TG 487: In Vitro Mammalian Cell Micronucleus Test
Companies, Regulatory Authorities Can Spare Millions of Animals in Labs With New OECD Test Method, Says Animal Protection Coalition
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