National Research Council: Animal Testing Is Deeply Flawed

rojo there are other methods than vivisection and animal experimentation above all should more money be available for alternative methods! people spend sooooooo much money for nonsense also big and international societies and governments! instead of funding war industry or space programs it should be urgently requested to spend the funds for alternative research programs! and there is enough literature existing regarding this subject but slowly i start to think that you are an illiterate or you want to make us believe that you don't get the thing on every site you put a heavy shit!

Ah well rather the animals than me.

Please stop this horrendous cruelty towards animals.

finally at least thats one less thing that causes animals suffering

Wow! This is mindboggling and almost unbelievable.. somebody bite me! I cannot wait to see the implications for Europe's Chemical Testing Initiative REACH that deploys old and obsolete methods. Web Site httpec.europa.euenvironmentchemicalsreach.htm Over 40 million animals are set to be tortured to death despite the fact that more efficient cheaper and faster testing methods are available today. If you live in Europe please email them and inform them about this paper! Email entrreachec.europa.eu My favorite quote from the Executive Summary is "Over time the need for traditional animal testing could be greatly reduced and possibly even eliminated someday... Resources are always limited and current toxicitytesting practices are long established and deeply ingrained in some sectors. Thus some resistance to the vision proposed by this committee is expected. However the vision takes full advantage of current and expected scientific advances to enhance our understanding of how environmental agents can affect human health. It has the potential to greatly reduce the cost and time of testing and to lead to much broader coverage of the universe of environmental agents. Moreover the vision will lead to a marked reduction in animal use and focus on doses that are more relevant to those experienced by human populations . The vision for toxicity testing in the twentyfirst century articulated here is a paradigm shift that will not only improve the current system but transform it into one capable of overcoming current limitations and meeting future challenges." PS I Let us not forget but forgive the past as long as the WWF remains as flexible as the NRC? Remember www.wickedwildlifefund.com PS II I love the mood and attitude of this blog besides being informative! Good stuff Jack!