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Food for Life Training: Agenda
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An Examination of Animal Experiments
Inaccurate Results Money Lost, Attention Diverted The Time Factor |
Frequently Asked Questions: Implementing Nonanimal Training Methods in U.S. Military Medical Courses
Frequently Asked Questions: Implementing Nonanimal Training Methods in U.S. Military Medical Courses Q: What does this medical training entail? A: In U.S. military combat trauma training courses, pigs and goats are subjected to severe injuries, including stab wounds, gunshot wounds, burns, and amputations, bef |
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 |
Nonhuman Primates in Medical Research: Sensible or Dispensable?
Beyond Animal Research By Jarrod Bailey, Ph.D. September 2006 Nonhuman Primates in Medical Research: Sensible or Dispensable? Amid growing tension and controversy over animal research, and |
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 |
Monkeys Poisoned, Goats Maimed in Gruesome Military Training
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer calls it a growing controversy. Last month, The Situation Room aired military videos obtained by PCRM through the Freedom of Information Act that reveal the unlawful use of live animals for medical training. But Congress and PCRM are asking the military to switch from these inhumane exercis |
Analysis of the HPV Challenge: Industry Violations and EPA Negligence
By Nicole Cardello, M.H.S. Executive Summary The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) High Production Volume (HPV) Challenge encourages chemical companies to volunteer to conduct screening-level animal toxicity tests on 2,800 industrial chemicals. Pursuant to this program, companies have committed to |
Dog Cloning Raises Ethical Issues
By Neal Barnard, M.D. This opinion piece has been published in the Austin American-Statesman and other newspapers. His name is Snuppy. He looks like an ordinary Afghan hound, judging by the photos that have run in newspapers around the world. But he’s actually unlike any other dog |
New Humane Seal Web Site Helps You Give and Let Live
Want to get active this spring? Maybe you’re participating in a fundraising walk or bike ride sponsored by a health charity. But is the charity funding animal experimentation? The redesigned Humane Seal website will help you walk proud by supporting an animal-friendly charity—and allow you to get active |
Testimony on High Production Volume Chemical Tests to the House Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment
Neal D. Barnard, M.D. June 17, 1999 As a physician and president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, I would like to thank Chairman Calvert and the members of the Committee for the opportunity to comment on the EPA’s High Production Volume Challenge program. We are greatly concerned about seve |
Frequently Asked Questions About Chemical Regulation
Frequently Asked Questions About Chemical Regulation What is toxicity testing? What are some concerns with the use of animals in toxicity testing? What is the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)? Is TSCA in need of modernization? How can chemical regulatory legislation be more effective? What is the Saf |
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 |
PCRM Position Paper on Animal Research
Approved by the PCRM Board of Directors, July 21, 2010 The primary purpose of medical research is to promote human health, and the most direct research methods focus on the study of human populations, individuals, and tissues. Animal research has been used as an alternative method when the study of humans is deemed |
Stress and Substance Abuse: Cleaning Up Unethical Research
By Jonathan Balcombe, Ph.D. In a 5-year, $4.3 million, multi-center study, a team of experimenters is investigating how chronic stress might lead to alcoholism. Abundant evidence, of course, has suggested that people who are vulnerable to addictions due to genetics or other factors might be especially at risk dur |
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