ATLA :: Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volume 34, Supplement 1
March 2006

CONTENTS

All articles are in PDF Format

EDITORIAL
The EU REACH system: opportunities and threats
M. Balls

INTRODUCTION

Introduction to the EU REACH legislation
C. Grindon & R. Combes

REPRINTS OF ATLA ARTICLES RELEVANT TO THE REACH SYSTEM

The EU White Paper: Strategy for a Future Chemicals Policy(an idea that must have seemed good at the time!)
R. Combes

An overall strategy for the testing of chemicals for human hazard and risk assessment under the EU REACH system
R. Combes, M. Barratt & M. Balls

A critical assessment of the European Commission's proposals for the risk assessment and registration of chemical substances in the European Union
R. Combes, J. Dandrea & M. Balls

A survey of stakeholder organisations on the proposed new European chemical policy
J. Dandrea & R. Combes

FRAME and the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution: common recommendations for assessing risks posed by chemicals under the EU REACH system
R. Combes, J. Dandrea & M. Balls

A scientific and animal welfare assessment of the OECD health effects test guidelines for the safety testing of chemicals under the European Union REACH system
R. Combes, I. Gaunt & M. Balls

The EU REACH system: blessing in disguise or wolf in wolf's clothing?
N. Bhogal

The OECD health effects test guidelines: a challenge to the sincerity of commitment to the Three Rs
M. Balls & R. Combes

An assessment of some recommendations made concerning the OECD health effects test guidelines
A. Auletta

Comments on "A Scientific and Animal Welfare Assessment of the OECD Health Effects Test Guidelines for the Safety Testing of Chemicals Under the European Union REACH System"
J. Doe, R. Lewis & P. Botham

OECD test guidelines are tools, not blueprints, for chemical safety assessment
B. Phillips

FURTHER DISCUSSION AND COMMENTARY

Carcinogenicity testing: implications for the REACH system
A. Knight, J. Bailey & J. Balcombe

A review of the status of alternative approaches to animal testing and the development of integrated testing strategies for assessing the toxicity of chemicals under REACH -a summary of a DEFRA-funded project conducted by Liverpool John Moores University and FRAME
C. Grindon, R. Combes, M. Cronin, D. Roberts, & J. Garrod