Animal testing is a sensitive issue, fraught with numerous challenges. While Dow’s commitment to improving the products that help improve people’s lives sometimes requires us to use animals in tests, we do so only when other options have been exhausted and only when such tests are necessary to ensure the health and safety of the world’s human population.

Dow’s testing procedures often involve computer models and simulations, as well as cultured cells, bacteria or insects as replacements for mammals. As we develop, refine and implement these alternative testing methods, we also strive to reduce the number of animal subjects we must use.

When our researchers do use animal testing, they follow strict internal guidelines and comply with applicable governmental requirements. Dow is bound by these internal and governmental requirements to use laboratory animals judiciously and provide a humane environment for them.

Since 1968, Dow has been accredited by the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care.

Learn more about Dow’s judicious use of laboratory animals in testing: Our Commitment to Animal Welfare.