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Animal Experimentation

For decades consumers have been told that the only valid way to test the safety of chemicals is to perform toxicity experiments on animals and record the results, because animals are like humans. Their skin and eyes will burn like ours will when exposed to caustic substances. Their organs will shut down when they are fed poison. Over the years these toxicity experiments have become standard for regulating agencies around the world as a way for them to understand the risks and benefits associated with the many thousands of new chemicals that are released into the market.

In the meantime, evidence has mounted against the usefulness of the data generated by these simplistic toxic tests and better, animal-free models have evolved.  For animal advocates, getting the now well-entrenched animal model out of the equation has been a hard nut to crack.  A small ray of hope came recently in the form of a press release from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The EPA announced that it finally recognized the waste and ineffectiveness of using animal models to evaluate chemicals released into the environment. This landmark decision to move away from dosing animals and instead use computer modeling and bio/molecular technology will spare hundreds of millions of animals from the barbaric practices now being used in labs around the country. While Pasado’s applaud this decision by the EPA, we think you’ll agree that the 10-20 year timeline expected to implement these changes is far from comforting. If the EPA prioritized this transition, consumers, animals and the environment could reap more immediate benefits.

The animal research industry is a multi-billion dollar business and receives an enormous amount of public funding. Virtually every drug you have taken, every product you have bought, every medical procedure you have undergone has been tested on an animal first, over and over again. Since most of this research is considered proprietary, the results are never released publicly so the same chemical/drug/product/procedure can be tested thousands of times, yielding the very same results each time. The sooner the EPA model is established, the sooner other sectors will adopt the new technology as standard and the fewer animals will be subjected to the most heinous experiments one can imagine.

Once the power of modern technology is unleashed, there may come a day when the only logical conclusion is to release our bird, rat, guinea pig, rabbit, cat, dog and chimpanzee friends from their cages, forever.

Do Your Part To Help!

The animal community has been waiting a long time to see this type of common-sense decision making, especially from a governmental agency. Let’s seize this opportunity and convince the EPA to put their plans on a fast track and then make the technology available to all the industries that now rely on animal testing.

Use the suggested talking points below to create your personalized message of support and we’ll send your comments to the EPA Administrator, Lisa Jackson. Please be respectful and professional.

• I applaud the EPA for their decision to adopt computer and molecular modeling standards to evaluate chemicals.
• As you know millions of animals suffer and die to provide specious data that may not ultimately keep us safe.
• Your agency is set to be the leader in the new generation of animal-free, cruelty-free experiments.
• Please make the transition to animal-free models a priority for your administration so that we can bring an end to the misery of the many millions of animals used in animal experimentation.    
   

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