2014 - Thomas Hartung
2014 - Thomas Hartung
2014 - Thomas Hartung
Every year, about $3 billion is spent worldwide on animal tests to ensure the safety of consumer products—including drugs, chemicals, food, and cosmetics. While pesticides and drugs are extensively tested, food additives are mostly not, and the testing of cosmetics is even banned in some parts of the world. But what are these animal tests worth when a common, relatively safe drug like aspirin fails most of them? Over the last two decades a biotech revolution has taken place. Exciting technical advances underlie the next generation of safety tests. The 2014 public lecture series challenged our basic assumptions of toxicity testing and explored how we can promote the uptake of non-animal methods.
| Date | Location | Details |
| Monday 10 February | Sydney | University of Sydney |
| Wednesday 12 February | Canberra | Australian National University (symposium) |
| Wednesday 12 February | Canberra | Australian National University (public lecture) |
| Thursday 13 February | Webcast |
Australian Government National Health and Medical Research Council |
| Monday 17 February | Melbourne | University of Melbourne |
| Tuesday 18 February | Perth | Murdoch University |
| Thursday 20 February | Adelaide | South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute |
| Monday 24 February | Auckland | The University of Auckland |
| Tuesday 25 February | Wellington |
University of Wellington |
