Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced Tuesday that the Trump administration is taking steps to eliminate animal testing by proposing 13 new "high-quality alternatives."

The EPA said it is updating its list of cutting-edge alternative test methods to replace the use of animal studies for chemical assessments under the Toxic Substances Control Act and Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. 

“When the Trump Administration makes a commitment, we deliver," Zeldin said in a statement. "With today’s announcement, we’re accelerating the shift to modern, gold standard science – without the use of animal testing – by using new, innovative methods to review chemicals."

The agency is also streamlining its process for researchers, companies and stakeholders to nominate alternative test methods for consideration in pesticide and chemical assessments.

"By broadening high-quality alternatives and inviting strong new candidates, we can deliver faster, more protective decisions while reducing animal testing," Zeldin said.

The new alternative test methods include a way to evaluate eye hazards with reconstructed human cells and a method to evaluate phototoxicity using a 3D human cell-based tissue model, among others.

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