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Prior to the manufacture, transport, and marketing of chemicals or products, it is critical to assess their potential for skin toxicity (corrosion or irritation), thereby protecting the worker and consumer from adverse skin effects due to intended or accidental skin... Read More

The manufacture, transport, and marketing of chemicals and finished products requires the prior toxicologic evaluation and assessment of skin reactivity (corrosion and irritation) that may result from intended or accidental skin exposure. Procedures for the skin testing of new chemicals... Read More

This study by researchers at Florida A&M University demonstrated that MatTek’s EpiDerm in vitro human skin tissue equivalent is a “valuable model to evaluate the skin irritation potential of jet fuels and hydrocarbon chemicals”. The purpose of the present study... Read More

The ECVAM Skin Irritation Task Force was established in November 1996, primarily to prepare a report on the current status of the development and validation of alternative tests for skin irritation and corrosion and, in particular, to identify any appropriate... Read More