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News from the 2009 World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences

• CAAT Director Thomas Hartung receives 2009 Russell & Burch Award
• U.S. National Academy of Sciences wins 2009 CAAT Recognition Award
• 2009 Charles River Laboratories' Excellence in Refinement Award

Nature paper and other articles calling for an urgent review of REACH legislation (Hartung & Rovida)

• Re-Evaluation of Animal Numbers and Costs for In Vivo Tests to Accomplish REACH Legislation Requirements for Chemicals—a Report by the Transatlantic Think Tank for Toxicology (t4) (ALTEX 3/09)
• Chemical regulators have overreached (Nature)
• Chemical-safety costs uncertain (Nature News)
  
• Has REACH over-reached? (Nature Podcast)
• Nature Network Opinion Forum: Chemical testing in Europe
• EU chemicals law "spells surge in animal testing" (Reuters)

Other Articles:

• Toxicology for the Twenty-first Century (Nature article by CAAT Director Thomas Hartung)
• Food for thought . . . on evidence based toxicology (from ALTEX 2/09)
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• CAATfeed (news updates from CAAT)

For Scientists and Researchers:

• Search for Alternatives: A Comprehensive Guide to Alternatives Searches
• IACUCS and Animal Ethics Committees Resources

For Students:

• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Want to know more about alternatives to animal experiments? Writing a paper on the topic? Start here.
• The Principles of Humane Experimental Technique by Russell and Burch. Full text of the classic publication that created the 3Rs.
• Video: 25 Years of Humane Science (documentary about CAAT)

For Everyone:

• Altweb launches new 3Rs and Alternatives Organizations website.