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March of Dimes-Funded Animal Experiments: Commonly Asked Questions
March of Dimes-Funded Animal Experiments: Commonly Asked Questions Animal Welfare 1. Does the March of Dimes still fund shocking animal experiments? 2. Is there any evidence for the poor treatment of animals in March of Dimes experiments? 3. How can there be any pain or suffe
March of Dimes-Funded Animal Experiments: An Overview
March of Dimes-Funded Animal Experiments: An Overview EXTENT, COST, and TYPES of ANIMALS USED The March of Dimes does not report the number of animals used per year. The March of Dimes uses many different species of animals, including primates, cats, dogs, rabbits, pigs, hamsters, fe
Animal Care and Use Committees: Structural Problems Impair Usefulness
Animal Care and Use Committees: Structural Problems Impair Usefulness Introduction The Animal Welfare Act (AWA) requires that institutional animal care and use committees (IACUCs) be established at research facilities that use animals covered under the Act. The Public Health Service and the Interagency Research
Nutrition News Releases
2012 Nearly Half of Supermarket Chicken Tainted by Feces, Testing Finds April 11, 2012 Billboard Warns Chicago of Hot Dog-Butt Cancer Link March 13, 2012 Dietitians Rank Five Worst School Breakfasts: Ham and Egg Biscuit Tops List March 8, 2012 ‘Shut It Down,’ Doctors Tel
Neurological Experiments: Monkey See...But Not Like Humans
Beyond Animal Research By Aysha Akhtar, M.D., M.P.H. May 2006 Neurological Experiments: Monkey See...But Not Like Humans Rhesus (or macaque) monkeys are some of the most common animals us
An Examination of Animal Experiments
Inaccurate Results Money Lost, Attention Diverted The Time Factor
Your Right to Know: Understanding Animal Experiments in Your Community
Selecting a Facility or Experiment Animals in Education Collecting Information Bringing in the Law
Human Experimentation: An Introduction to the Ethical Issues
The Scandal Unfolds Tuskegee Studies Unnecessary Drugs Mean Unnecessary Experiments
Military Injects Monkeys with Nerve Agent
UPDATE: Victory for Monkeys as Army Agrees to End Live Chemical Casualty Exercise After years of pressure from PCRM, on Oct. 13, 2011, the Army announced that it would phase out the use of monkeys for its chemical casualty management courses. The Army completed this transition in November 2011. Now, the Army mak
Department of Energy Blocks NASA’s Planned Monkey Radiation Experiments
Brookhaven National Laboratory Confirms Cancellation of Space Agency’s $1.75 Million Boondoggle WASHINGTON—NASA’s plan to expose live squirrel monkeys to radiation has been canceled, according to a statement just released by Brookhaven National Laboratory. Administration officials informed the non
Illegal Experiments: Physicians File Lawsuit Against UCSF for Violating Animal Welfare Law
Should taxpayers have to fund illegal animal experiments? Many university-affiliated research centers across the country violate the Animal Welfare Act time and again—then use state funds to pay the fines and simply continue their experiments. Six California doctors are taking a stand against these activit
Frequently Asked Questions About Animal Experimentation Issues
Frequently Asked Questions About Animal Experimentation Issues 1. What concerns are raised by the use of animals for medical and scientific experiments? 2. What are the alternatives to using animals in medical experiments? 3. Is some animal testing required by law? 4. D
Beyond Animal Research Archive