Pacific Southwest, Region 9
Serving: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Pacific Islands, Tribal Nations
Creating Alternatives to Animal-Based Toxicity Tests
Media Contact
L’Oréal: Patricia Pineau
Director, Scientific Communication
L’Oréal Research & Innovation
ppineau@rd.loreal.com
US EPA and L’Oréal Announce Research Collaboration in San Francisco that May Help End Animal Testing; EPA Receives $1.2 Million in Private Sector Research Funding from Global Cosmetic Company
Announcement Video & Audio
Jared Blumenfeld's Opening Remarks
(.mov, 224MB)
Opening Remarks of David Dix & Patricia Pineau (.mov, 268MB)
Audio of Questions & Answers (.mp3)
Audio of Entire Conference (low resolution) (.mp3)
Photos of the Press Conference
B-roll (.mov, 105MB)
News Releases
Humane Society International News Release 
Federal regulatory, science and technical experts participated:
Presidential appointee Jared Blumenfeld, U.S. EPA Administrator for the Pacific Southwest,
David Dix, Director, EPA National Center for Computational Toxicology, of EPA's Office of Research and Development,
Patricia Pineau, Scientific Communications Director for L’Oréal.
- All Presenters at the 2012 Society of Toxicology
On March 12th, US EPA and global cosmetic company L’Oréal announced the details of an exciting first of its kind research collaboration aimed at creating alternatives to traditional animal-based toxicity tests during the annual Society of Toxicology Conference.
In the News
Greenversations: EPA Teams Up with L’Oréal to Advance Research
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