European REACH Legislation for Chemicals May Require More Animals and Funds than Estimated
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 - 13:21
in Mathematics & Economics
Implementation of REACH legislation may require 54 million research animals and �9.5 billion ($13.4 billion) over the next 10 years, which represents 20 times the number of animals and six times the cost anticipated in previous estimates, according to an analysis led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Currently, the EU uses approximately 900,000 animals at a cost of �600 million ($847 million) per year to evaluate new chemicals.