GARY MARCHANT: For decades, manufacturers of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, pesticides and other commercial chemicals have dutifully tested their products on rodents or other vertebrate animals to comply with government safety testing regulations. This long-standing practice is now starting to change. The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced that it intends to phase out all mammalian animal testing … Continue reading VIA DOLOROSA: Law, not science, impedes shift away from cruel and deadly animal testing