The phrase "alternative testing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where different methods or approaches to testing are being discussed, particularly in scientific, educational, or regulatory settings.
Example: "The researchers are exploring alternative testing methods to assess the safety of the new drug."
Alternatives: "substitute testing" or "different testing methods".
The authors are grateful for the contribution of the project HEALTH-F5-2010-267042 ToxBank (SupportIntegrated Data Analysisysis and servicing of Alternative Testing Methods in Toxicology) funded by European Commission and Cosmetics Europe under the Seventh Framework programme.
These range from animal rights concerns due to significant increases in the use of animals to fulfill testing requirements, associated needs for alternative testing concepts such as in vitro, in silico, and modeling approaches, lack of understanding of the relevance of the exposure of man and wildlife to EDCs, and the need for inclusion of EDCs in current environmental programs such as the WFD.
Or would alternative testing modalities (such as self-testing or mobile-testing) be needed to keep populations engaged and to identify new HIV infections as early as possible?
"It has bought a big company to look at alternative testing methods and they're developing it.
But it is also in Provence — a region fabled for its fragrances and the professional "noses" who create them — where scientists are gathering to work on alternative testing research in vitro, literally "in the glass".
Adam Fox, a consultant paediatric allergist at St Thomas's Hospital, London, and a member of the Nice panel, said: "A whole plethora of alternative testing services has grown up because NHS provision was not great.
The company severed ties with an animal testing laboratory after a PETA investigation revealed that dogs had been mistreated, and it says that it has invested more than $250 million developing alternative testing methods, but it has not declared it will cease animal testing.
Additionally the project aimed at developing alternative testing strategies to minimize animal testing.
Thus, alternative testing procedures using laboratory animals have been proposed for quality control of these products.
There is a strong need for the development of alternative testing methods for identifying skin sensitizers [6, 7].
Areas left to be explored include looking at a broader range of courses that might provide alternative testing grounds for the relationship between PYSM and children's performance.
