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Scientists from The Procter and Gamble Company investigated the feasibility of an in-vitro skin corrosion test method using commercially available human skin cultures. Skin2 from Advanced Tissue Sciences and EpiDerm from MatTek were evaluated for their responses to 24 corrosive... Read More

In 1996 and 1997, ECVAM supported a formal validation study on in vitro methods for predicting skin corrosivity. Two of the in vitro tests included in the study employed human skin models, the Skin ZK1350 and EPISKIN™ models. In the... Read More

National and international regulations require that chemicals must be properly classified, labeled, packaged, and transported based on their ability to damage or destroy tissue, e.g., skin. Traditionally, skin corrosion assessments were based on tests involving topical application of test substances... Read More