ECHA calls for information to avoid unnecessary testing

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is calling for health effects information on the reproductive toxicity of a specific chemical substance, hydrogenated oligomerisation product including dimers and trimers, of tetradec-1-ene and alkene, by 24 September 2009. 

This is the first time that this type of public consultation - foreseen by Art. 40 REACH - is made, and ECHA expects to make many such calls about different substances over the coming years. Anyone with relevant information is invited to send it to ECHA by the deadline. Organisations that may have testing reports on the substance (or scientifically valid equivalent information) include academic institutions, individual companies and NGOs. The aim of the call is to give anyone the opportunity to submit relevant data with a view to make sure that animal testing is only conducted as a last resort when the available information is not sufficient to assess the potentially harmful effects of this chemical on human health or the environment.

The link to the consultation on this testing proposal can be found here.