Science, Policy & Risk Perspectives: TSCA: Accelerating Risk-Based Chemical Safety Evaluations by Advancing Scientific Confidence in New Approach Methods
A major accomplishment of TSCA reform in 2016 was recognizing this critical juncture and actively embracing the future of human safety assessment. Amendments were included to accelerate the development and application of new methods to reduce or replace vertebrate animals in lab tests on chemicals while still providing information of equivalent or better scientific quality and relevance.