Post by veggiewoman on Sept 27, 2006 8:49:48 GMT
www.animalaid.org.uk/news/alerts.htm#reach
ALERT 1:
Demand an independent evaluation of animal experimentation
If you have not already asked your MP to sign Early Day Motion (EDM) 92, please do so now. To date, EDM 92 has been signed by 234 MPs who are concerned about animal experimentation and who endorse the idea of an independent evaluation. This is a momentous step in the campaign to end all animal experiments and, as such, is under attack by proponents of vivisection.
Please act now to ensure that EDM 92 remains well supported. Contact your MP via email, fax or letter, or send a pre-written postcard: please see www.curedisease.net for details.
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ALERT 2:
Millions of animals to be poisoned - please act now!
The EU parliament is nearing the vote on adopting the REACH* chemical testing programme. Animal Aid is especially alarmed that, despite constant lobbying from animal protection groups across Europe, animals will still be poisoned to death to test chemicals under REACH. The exact number remains unknown but estimates range from 3.9 million to 45 million. A massive 20 per cent of the total testing is expected to take place in the UK.
Please write to the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the Department of Trade and Industry immediately and urge them to do everything in their power to stop the animal tests under REACH (see addresses below).
Points you may like to consider when writing:
Animal experiments in the UK are already at a 14-year high with more than 2.8 million animals being used in 2005.
The government has all but ignored the call by the House of Lords Select Committee in its 2002 report on Animals in Scientific Procedures. The case was made that 'The UK Government should use their influence to urge the EU to make the development and validation of replacements for animal experiments a priority, particularly in toxicology'.
The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment has issued a mission statement in which it 'strongly backs the use of test methods involving no experimental animals'.
The German government's investment overall in 'alternative' research projects in the period 1980-1997 was '41 million. In contrast, the UK government's investment between 1986 and 2003 - a similar timeframe - was '3.8 million.
There is a whole range of modern, rapid and accurate non-animal tests now available. Other non-animal tests must be validated as a matter of urgency.
Toxicity testing ranks as one of the most extreme forms of deliberate cruelty. Animals are often poisoned to a slow and agonising death. Symptoms include vomiting, diarrhoea, haemorrhage, breathing difficulties, severe irritation, seizures and, eventually, death. Long-term toxicity tests may result in liver damage, weight loss and tumours.
* [REACH = Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals]. The aim of REACH is to assess the harmful potential of 30,000 chemicals currently on the market. The Second Reading for the REACH programme is scheduled to take place at the EU parliament in November 2006.
Addresses
Rt Hon David Miliband MP
Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nobel House
17 Smith Square
London SW1A 3JP
Robin Mueller
Department of Trade and Industry
Response Centre
1 Victoria Street
London SW1H 0ET
Email Robin Mueller
MORE ON THE ABOVE LINK
ALERT 1:
Demand an independent evaluation of animal experimentation
If you have not already asked your MP to sign Early Day Motion (EDM) 92, please do so now. To date, EDM 92 has been signed by 234 MPs who are concerned about animal experimentation and who endorse the idea of an independent evaluation. This is a momentous step in the campaign to end all animal experiments and, as such, is under attack by proponents of vivisection.
Please act now to ensure that EDM 92 remains well supported. Contact your MP via email, fax or letter, or send a pre-written postcard: please see www.curedisease.net for details.
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ALERT 2:
Millions of animals to be poisoned - please act now!
The EU parliament is nearing the vote on adopting the REACH* chemical testing programme. Animal Aid is especially alarmed that, despite constant lobbying from animal protection groups across Europe, animals will still be poisoned to death to test chemicals under REACH. The exact number remains unknown but estimates range from 3.9 million to 45 million. A massive 20 per cent of the total testing is expected to take place in the UK.
Please write to the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the Department of Trade and Industry immediately and urge them to do everything in their power to stop the animal tests under REACH (see addresses below).
Points you may like to consider when writing:
Animal experiments in the UK are already at a 14-year high with more than 2.8 million animals being used in 2005.
The government has all but ignored the call by the House of Lords Select Committee in its 2002 report on Animals in Scientific Procedures. The case was made that 'The UK Government should use their influence to urge the EU to make the development and validation of replacements for animal experiments a priority, particularly in toxicology'.
The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment has issued a mission statement in which it 'strongly backs the use of test methods involving no experimental animals'.
The German government's investment overall in 'alternative' research projects in the period 1980-1997 was '41 million. In contrast, the UK government's investment between 1986 and 2003 - a similar timeframe - was '3.8 million.
There is a whole range of modern, rapid and accurate non-animal tests now available. Other non-animal tests must be validated as a matter of urgency.
Toxicity testing ranks as one of the most extreme forms of deliberate cruelty. Animals are often poisoned to a slow and agonising death. Symptoms include vomiting, diarrhoea, haemorrhage, breathing difficulties, severe irritation, seizures and, eventually, death. Long-term toxicity tests may result in liver damage, weight loss and tumours.
* [REACH = Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals]. The aim of REACH is to assess the harmful potential of 30,000 chemicals currently on the market. The Second Reading for the REACH programme is scheduled to take place at the EU parliament in November 2006.
Addresses
Rt Hon David Miliband MP
Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nobel House
17 Smith Square
London SW1A 3JP
Robin Mueller
Department of Trade and Industry
Response Centre
1 Victoria Street
London SW1H 0ET
Email Robin Mueller
MORE ON THE ABOVE LINK