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DECEMBER 1, 2009

It's too controversial because the baboons involved would have to be destroyed after the testing. The testing of lethal pathogens on primates would be a new area for OSU that is controversial and is outside our current research programs. Tags: university research animal research primates. From Bioprepwatch.com.

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MAY 31, 2010

A Malaysian government official defended an Indian company's plans to build an animal testing medicine lab in his state, saying Monday that God created monkeys and rats for experiments to benefit humans. The activists say Malaysia has no regulations on animal research, which could lead to test subjects being abused.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2010

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has defended its use of more than 100 pigs in explosive tests in Wiltshire. The tests "saved many lives" in Iraq and Afghanistan due to improvements in post-traumatic techniques, junior defence minister Quentin Davies said. Tags: UK animal research military pigs. From the BBC News.

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MARCH 1, 2009

The EU is so far ahead of the US when it comes to developing alternative testing methods, it's embarrassing. It has gone so far as to establish a website for tracking the development of methods to replace, reduce, and refine current animal testing in EU nations. They talk out of both sides of their you-know-what.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

A substantial fund of EUR50 million (US$74 million) is being offered to European research teams to develop alternatives to animal testing for cosmetics and related industries. Tags: europe animal research cosmetics medical research.

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MARCH 27, 2009

Environmental Protection Agency is reducing its reliance on animal testing to assess human risk of chemical toxicity and will instead focus more heavily on the tools made possible by advances in molecular biology, genomics and computational modeling. For a long time there will be a need for animal testing," he said.

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MARCH 19, 2010

You heard it right.sheep decompression tests. Tags: animal research sheep PETA university of madison-wisconsin. PETA and the Alliance for Animals are asking for charges to be filed against the University of Wisconsin at Madison. From the Wisconsin State Journal.

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JUNE 12, 2010

This is a continuation of an earlier post about why I question animal testing. Tags: universities animal experimentation animal research. Oftentimes, scientists seem to think that they just need to waive their PhDs and research projects in everyone's faces and we should all shut up and bow our heads to their great wisdom.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Tags: animal research medical research. Here's her piece in the Huffington Post.

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APRIL 5, 2010

Tags: animal research malaysia. Caution on this story. Disturbing picture of monkey being injected.

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APRIL 18, 2010

Tags: animal research primates. The controversy over primate research is not going away any time soon, due to the paradox of primate research -- the more similarities between monkeys and humans that are discovered, the more researchers will argue those similarities make it valid to use monkeys in research on human diseases.

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JULY 21, 2009

Tags: animal research pharmaceuticals primates medical research malaysia. The stupid project is in partnership with a French pharmaceutical company. Fortunately, there are Malaysian activists opposing it. But of course, the argument will be that the project is economic development, jobs and "for the good of humanity.".

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Tags: animal research biotech arizona. Supposedly people either 1) believe the State has no place overseeing labs (USDA does that) and 2) bioscience is already very well-regulated. This is all about making the stupid state friendly to the biotech industry. They get a huge tax break?

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JUNE 16, 2010

Tags: animal experimentation animal research.

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JANUARY 11, 2009

Tags: animal research. The goal of AFMA, therefore, is to educate the scientific community, as well as the general public, of the urgent need for a move away from the ineffective animal model to research modalities that truly reflect the enormous strides we have made in our knowledge of living systems.

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JANUARY 15, 2010

Tags: animal research cosmetics. It's proceeding at a snail's pace. There is NO EXCUSE or even argument for hurting animals in the name of a woman's vanity. Here's an article on its progress from US News and World Report.

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JANUARY 18, 2010

Tags: austria animal research pigs. Some animals were being buried completely and suffocated, while others were covered up to their necks to freeze to death. "It It is absolutely unacceptable to kill these highly sensitive, helpless animals for such a useless experiment," said Johanna Stadler, director of Vier Pfoten (Four Paws).

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MARCH 23, 2010

Tags: UK animal research. According to this interview, he credits animal rights extremists for fueling the public backlash against animal protection. Discouraging article.

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JUNE 29, 2009

Tags: university research animal experimentation animal rescue medical research. Students training to save babies and small children in emergencies insert breathing tubes and needles into the cats, which are anesthetized during the training and then euthanized, according to HSC officials.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Tags: animal research hamner institutes university of chapel hill. To which I say, many universities are just as opaque and irresponsible in their animal care as any private sector entity. I'm as skeptical about this claim as other animal rights advocates.

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AUGUST 12, 2009

Tags: animal testing. If you go to the very top, there are tabs for FierceBiotechResearch and other topics. Note - this company has a lot of industry news sites on a wide range of topics, so they do more then just drug company news. I've never heard of them before.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Tags: animal research. I was struck by this paragraph. That's a lot of saved lives. But would researchers be willing to share their results? Doubtful if it means endangering their potential patents.

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MARCH 6, 2009

When she sold to L'Oreal, with its questionable history and animal testing, it was a real betrayal of the company's practices and principles (in my opinion.) Tags: animal testing economics L'Oreal cosmetics. I know she thought the Body Shop could change L'Oreal, but, come on, how naive can one be.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

The mini-pig, darling of celebrities’ handbags, may have had its bacon Sunday after the EU earmarked it as the laboratory test animal of the future. A research project into the feasibility of using miniature pigs in laboratories concluded they are better suited for testing toxins, drugs and chemicals than dogs and monkeys.

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JUNE 14, 2010

Malaysia is considering shutting down a controversial British-funded animal testing lab if there is evidence of cruelty there, the goverment's top veterinary official said on Sunday. If animal testing cannot be conducted in the United States or Europe, I see no reason why they should be allowed here," Abdul Aziz was quoted as saying.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2008

The article talks about health and safety, but mentions nothing about whether these products are animal-tested. Now, it may be that none of these brands are tested on animals (certainly not Sheila McCartney's Care right?), Tags: cosmetics. It doesn't even raise the issue as an eco-concern.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

At a conference in Brussels, Belgium on 6 November, European Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen, and Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik restated the EU's commitment to the reduction of animal testing. Tags: europe animal research drug companies medical research.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2008

In India, f orensic tests helped establish guilt in the killing of 10 endangered lions. To confirm the line of investigation, in a yet another unprecedented move, a narco-analysis test was conducted on one of the accused, a woman. Tags: wildlife crime India poaching lion. The link was clearly established.

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JUNE 24, 2010

MALAYSIA will not shut down a controversial British-funded animal testing lab after investigations showed that the animals were not exposed to torture, a senior official said on Thursday. The lab, which is run by the Britain-based Alpha Biologics, uses monkeys, dogs, rodents and rabbits for toxicology testing. From Straits Time.

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APRIL 27, 2010

Charles River Labs, a company which develops drugs and conducts contract animal testing, has an atrocious animal rights record, although they deny it of course. They recently moved into China two years ago where they established a toxicology and drug-testing facility in Shanghai.

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JULY 9, 2009

There is a new iPhone app via Hot Frog and PETA that allows you to search for products that have not been tested on animals. Tags: PETA.

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More Science for the People Berry Go Round Comin’ Round Birdscapes Tuesday Trivia Link from the New York Times About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist. Wicked, right? Get yours today!

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

Research supporters are going crazy over Oklahoma State University stopping anthrax testing on baboons. Tags: universities animal research primarily primates medical research. In addition to the threat of animal "extremists," they are also blaming T. Boone Pickens' wife Madeleine, whose husband is a big donor.

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MARCH 10, 2009

There is more and more evidence that animal testing is NOT necessarily the best route to take. Even if there are certain situations in which animal testing is the only option, ie. Tags: animal experimentation medical research monkeys. Perhaps it was a necessary “evil.” This was disappointing for a variety of reasons.

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MAY 20, 2010

This article talks about how BP skipped some testing of cement linings hours before the explosion occured. Tags: oil drilling British Petroleum 2010 oil spill pollution. In this article, they admit they underestimated the scope of the oil slick. These cement linings were basically the well's seal.

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APRIL 14, 2009

So, despite all the animal testing that goes into cosmetics, many of them are still potentially harmful to a human being. Tags: cosmetics. I really enjoyed this post by The (Nearly) Perfect Vegetarian about her research into the safety of the beauty products she uses. So all that wasted animal life for nothing?

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MAY 3, 2010

So far, there is no evidence that the oil spill killed the turtles, but tests are ongoing." Tags: oil spill marine life marine animals turtles Gulf of Mexico. According to this article, "at least 25 sea turtles have washed up dead on Mississippi beaches over the past few days, according to multiple media reports.

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