EPA to scale back use of animals to test chemical toxicity

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Sep 11, 2019, 3:18 am523 ptsHot
The Environmental Protection Agency is aiming to reduce and eventually eliminate the use of mammals to test the toxicity of chemicals, a move backed by animal rights groups but criticized as irresponsible by a leading environmental organization.

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