This is also urgently needed because if this were not achieved, it is to be expected that around six million additional animal tests could be carried out each year in the EU. The further development and recognition of animal-free, human-specific methods for the new risk assessment of chemicals are therefore urgently needed.

This is what Prof. Marcel Leist and his team at the University of Konstanz are working on. He is co-director of the Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing in Europe (CAAT-Europe). He has already developed an animal-free test battery for assessing the effects of environmental chemicals and drugs in the field of neuro- and developmental toxicity, which is now to be refined and applied in chemical regulation as part of the EU PARC project. In this area, in particular, countless additional animal tests would otherwise be expected.

Funding of around €400 million is available for PARC from the European Commission and participating partner countries for a period of seven years.

Further information:
https://www.uni-konstanz.de/en/university/news-and-media/current-announcements/news-in-detail/fuer-eine-bessere-risikobewertung-von-chemikalien/