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Government Printing Office.
This law provides EPA with authority to require reporting, record-keeping and testing requirements, and restrictions relating to chemical substances and/or mixtures. Drugs, cosmetics, foods, food additives, pesticides, and nuclear materials are exempt from TSCA.
Sec. 2603 (Testing of chemical substances and mixtures) gives authority to EPA to develop regulations on good laboratory practices for conducting studies.
Government Printing Office.
These regulations were developed by the EPA to ensure the quality and integrity of data submitted under the TSCA and prescribe good laboratory practices for conducting studies relating to health effects, environmental effects, and chemical fate testing.
US Environmental Protection Agency.
Provides background information about the TSCA and detailed links on chemicals testing.
Government Printing Office.
See sections 351 and 354-360F for references to good laboratory practices under the Food and Drug Administration.
Government Printing Office.
These regulations apply to research studies on products regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), including food and color additives, animal food additives, humane and animal drugs, medical devices for human use, biological products, and electronic products.
Government Printing Office.
These sections contain information on the use and development of animal models when creating drug or biological products for approval or licensure with FDA.
Final rules published in the Federal Register regarding changes to the FDA's Good Laboratory Practice regulations.
US Food and Drug Administration. Office of Regulatory Affairs.
Answers to frequently asked questions about GLP. Also includes amendments and final rules related to GLP.
US Fish and Wildlife Service.
The Endangered Species Act, passed in 1973, was passed to protect and recover imperiled species and their ecosystems. Responsibility for implementing the Act is shared jointly by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (land and freshwater species) and the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (marine and andromous species).