DW-CA: “To end toxicity testing on animals, federal funds are needed.” 1/30/24
| Date: January 30th 2024 11:44 am |
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Canadians:
Jessica Scott- Reid has a superb opinion piece in today’s, Tuesday January 30, Globe and Mail, page 11, titled, "To end toxicity testing on animals, federal funds are needed.”
It opens:
"In 2016, when Canadian scientist Dr. Charu Chandrasekera was attending international meetings on developing alternatives to animal testing, she was often met with shock when she revealed that Canada lacked its own centre for alternative methods. There are several of these centres around the world, working to replace the use of animal models in science with more innovative, effective and ethical methods. The European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM) was established 32 years ago, and the U.S. equivalent, NICEATM, opened in 2000. Each receives millions of dollars of government funding annually. Canada has yet to do the same. ...Continue Reading
Jessica Scott- Reid has a superb opinion piece in today’s, Tuesday January 30, Globe and Mail, page 11, titled, "To end toxicity testing on animals, federal funds are needed.”
It opens:
"In 2016, when Canadian scientist Dr. Charu Chandrasekera was attending international meetings on developing alternatives to animal testing, she was often met with shock when she revealed that Canada lacked its own centre for alternative methods. There are several of these centres around the world, working to replace the use of animal models in science with more innovative, effective and ethical methods. The European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM) was established 32 years ago, and the U.S. equivalent, NICEATM, opened in 2000. Each receives millions of dollars of government funding annually. Canada has yet to do the same. ...Continue Reading
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