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ECHA Upholds Animal Tests for Cosmetics

REACH regulation requires registrants to perform studies on vertebrate animals.

The European Chemical Board of Appeals (ECHA) has rejected two appeals to its decision to require animal testing for REACH authorization. The Board of Appeal adopted two decisions concerning compliance checks of registration dossiers for homosalate and 2-ethylhexyl salicylate, which are used exclusively as ingredients in cosmetic products (cases A-009-2018 and A-010-2018). “The two decisions published today are among the most important taken by the Board of Appeal to date. The relationship be...

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