Protect Chandler: Say No to Covance

2006 saw many successes in PCRM’s fight to prevent Covance Laboratories, a contract animal-testing company, from building a huge facility in Chandler, Ariz. Covance, which is paid to test cosmetic ingredients, food additives, pesticides, and drugs on monkeys, dogs, rats, and other animals, has a history of documented cruelty and violations of the Animal Welfare Act.

PCRM held successful petition drives, community meetings, informational sessions, and press conferences to help get the message out. PCRM also mailed an informative DVD about Covance to 23,000 registered voters in Chandler. The DVD featured undercover footage of animal cruelty at other Covance facilities.

A Web site, www.ProtectChandler.org, was created and continually updated to provide breaking information to residents of Chandler, who share in our concern about Covance, as witnessed by the 1,300 signatures PCRM gathered in 2006 on a petition opposing construction of the facility. PCRM learned that Covance met with Maricopa County air quality officials in early November of 2006 to seek a permit for an incinerator for its proposed facility in Chandler. In response, PCRM released a report detailing the potential health hazards posed to Chandler residents by this incinerator.

Covance originally planned to build on a parcel of land that would have to be rezoned for industrial use. This rezoning process would have required a city council vote, and if the council approved the rezoning, there would have been more than enough support from Chandler residents to force a referendum on the ballot. In the face of opposition, Covance decided to relocate the proposed facility to land that was already properly zoned in order to avoid citizen input.

To learn more, please visit www.ProtectChandler.org.

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