In U.S., Few Alternatives To Testing On Animals - washingtonpost.com

In U.S., Few Alternatives To Testing On Animals - washingtonpost.com: "Instead of acting as an advocate for companies and nonprofits proposing non-animal tests, the [Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods - or ICCVAM] panel has become an obstacle, animal welfare groups say. They point to Europe, where a similar panel has approved 34 alternatives to animal tests and has another 170 in its pipeline. Critics say the U.S. panel is slow and favors older animal tests that have never gone through the same rigorous scientific review."