The Draize Test was devised back in 1944 by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) toxicologist John H. Draize to evaluate the risks of normal short-term exposure to new cosmetics and other ...

Although, during the early years of medicine, researchers didn’t have much choice but to use animals for testing drugs—the tests certainly ensured some quality standards—technology in the ...

The Draize test was developed more than 70 years ago to measure eye and skin irritation using rabbits, who are locked in restraints while a test chemical is applied to one eye or to the shaved ...

However, the requirement for potentially hazardous substances used in the country to undergo Draize testing was outdated, Jackson said. If the eye irritation caused by the test was not too severe ...

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The Centre has banned the Draize tests that are carried out on rabbits to check for eye and skin irritants. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, in a notification, directed the use of "non ...