Animal Testing - Cruel and Unreliable
You may remember that last week I sent you an e-mail in which I wrote about the terrible plight of Daisy, a dog who was fed a “plant growth regulator” in a gruesome laboratory experiment.
I’m sure you were as horrified as I was when I learned that this toxic substance was given with her food, [...]
Great Apes Debate Leads To EU Testing Ban Proposal
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BRUSSELS - Europe’s environment chief plans to ban laboratory tests on mankind’s closest relatives — chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos and orang-utans — in a clampdown on animal testing by the drugs industry and [...]
Animal testing does no good in search for AIDS cure
The failure of Merck’s V520 HIV vaccine highlights a serious problem in HIV/AIDS scientists’ heavy reliance on animal testing. According to the National Institutes of Health, all of the more than 80 vaccines for HIV/AIDS developed using animals and brought to human trials have failed. V520 is only the most recent in this string [...]