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Administrator Memo Prioritizing Efforts to Reduce Animal Testing, September 10, 2019

On September 10, 2019, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler signed a directive that prioritizes efforts to reduce animal testing. Learn more about EPA efforts to reduce animal testing at EPA.

Text version of the memo

Text version of the memo(9 K)

PDF version of the memo

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Memo Directive to Prioritize Efforts to Reduce Animal Testing, September 10, 2019 (PDF)(3 pp, 968 K)