Non-human primates in research and safety testing
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Level 3 - Source on Non-human primates
The texts in Level 3 are directy quoted from:
Source & ©: SCHER 
- 1. Introduction – Overview of the use of primates in research and testing in the EU
- 2. Why are primates needed in research and safety testing?
- 3. Are there alternatives to the use of primates in research and safety testing?
- 3.1 Are there alternatives to the use of primates in safety testing of pharmaceuticals?
- 3.2 Are there alternatives to the use of primates in research on infectious diseases?
- 3.3 Are there alternatives to the use of primates in research on the human brain?
- 3.4 Are there alternatives to the use of primates in research on organ transplants?
- 4. Could alternatives completely replace the use of primates in the future?
- 5. When primates cannot be replaced, how could their use be reduced?
- 6. How could the welfare of primates used in laboratories be improved?
- 7. Conclusions and recommendations
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- 1. Introduction – Overview of the use of primates in research and testing in the EU
- 2. Why are primates needed in research and safety testing?
- 3. Are there alternatives to the use of primates in research and safety testing?
- 4. Could alternatives completely replace the use of primates in the future?
- 5. When primates cannot be replaced, how could their use be reduced?
- 6. How could the welfare of primates used in laboratories be improved?
- 7. Conclusions and recommendations
- Themes
- Air Pollution
- Biodiversity
- Chemicals
- Climate change
- Consumer safety
- Disease prevention
- Energy
- Environment
- Food & Lifestyle
- Phthalates
- Radiation & EMF
- Risks of new technologies
- Sustainable development
- Publications A-Z
- AIDS
- Agriculture
- Alcohol
- Arctic Climate Change
- Arsenic
- Aspartame
- Biodiversity
- Biofuels
- Boron
- CO2 Capture & Storage
- Chernobyl
- Climate Change
- DBP
- DINP-DIDP
- Dental Amalgams
- Desertification
- Diet & Nutrition
- Dioxins
- Ecosystem Change
- Electromagnetic Fields
- Endocrine Disruptors
- Energy Saving Lamps
- Energy Technologies
- Fisheries
- Fluoride
- Forests
- Forests & Energy
- Genetically Modified Crops
- Global Public Health Threats
- Indoor Air Quality
- Malaria
- Mercury
- Nanotechnologies
- Nitrogen Dioxide
- Non-human primates
- Ozone
- PCBs
- Particulate Matter
- Personal Music Players & Hearing
- Phthalates in school supplies
- Power lines
- Psychoactive Drugs
- Respiratory Diseases
- Static Fields
- Sunbeds & UV radiation
- Tobacco
- Tooth Whiteners
- Tuberculosis
- Water Disinfectants
- Water Resources
The answers to these questions are a faithful summary of the scientific opinion produced in 2009 by the Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER): "The need for non-human primates in biomedical research, production and testing of products and devices" Learn more...
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