According to section 4 of Annex I of the REACH Regulation which has been in force since June 1, 2007, the assessment of the property of a chemical substance or its mixtures to be persistent (P), bioaccumulative (B) and toxic (T) to living beings and the environment; as well as being very persistent (vP) and very bioaccumulative (vB), aims to determine whether…
More than ever, the world is turning to scientific knowledge to find solutions, whether for pandemics, safety assessments of ingredients and products or experiments on animals. The first records of experiments using animals found date back to 500 BC Aristotle, Herophilus and Erasistratus (500 BC) to discover the functions of living organisms. The French philosopher René Descartes (1596-1650) believed that animals were “automata”,…
A change always involves a pivotal event that builds on the past and opens the door to a new era. We can cite examples of pivotal events in science such as the discovery of penicillin, the elucidation of the DNA double helix, the development of computers. All of these events were marked by inauspicious beginnings followed by advances unheralded for years, but which ultimately resulted in a…
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