We are dealing with EPA requirements for testing on animals in order to register our new repellent for sale. The paradox is that many of the natural product certification groups don’t allow animal testing of any kind!
We might have a new way to test using synthetic skin instead of animals!
Researchers from Ohio State University may have found the answer to finally drive animal testing out of the cosmetics industry, by replacing animal skin with synthetic skin. The new research suggests that currently available types of synthetic skin may now be good enough to imitate animal skin in laboratory tests, and may be on their way to truly simulating human skin in the future. More
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