PCRM Online: New Whistleblower Hotline, Beef Recall, Celeb Recipes, and More, March, 2008

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2008 Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine PCRM Ramps Up Live Animal Lab Campaign, Launches New Whistleblower HotlineNow that more than 90 percent of medical schools have replaced live animal labs with the many effective and humane alternatives, PCRM is focusing even more attention on the 10 schools that cling to the outmoded and cruel labs.

What you can do >Schools Pull Beef from Lunch Lines in Wake of Massive RecallMore than 150 school districts around the country pulled beef from their cafeteria lines after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recalled more than 143 million pounds of beef. About 55 million pounds of the recalled meat had already been funneled into the National School Lunch Program and other federal nutrition programs. Most of the meat has already been consumed. Read more > Disturbing Monkey Death Underscores Problems with Animal Research LabsHidden camera video footage taken inside the Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories USA (SNBL USA) by a Washington state undercover news investigator in early November 2007 clearly shows a lab employee placing into the cage-washer a wire cage with a female cynomolgus macaque monkey still inside. Read more > Reverse Diabetes Tour Hits Carolinas, Offers Antidote for Diabetes EpidemicIt’s hard to pick up a newspaper without seeing another scary headline about diabetes. Last month, the American Diabetes Association released a report showing that America is spending at least $174 billion a year treating the disease. That’s about as much as the country currently spends on the war in Iraq and the global war on terrorism. Learn more > Hollywood Stars Share Their Favorite Vegan Recipes with PCRM Vegetarian diets are

“in” in Hollywood. And like a growing number of celebrities, movie and television stars Alicia Silverstone and Kevin Nealon know the benefits of following a meatless diet—and now they are sharing their favorite vegan recipes with PCRM. Read more > Copyright 2008. All rights reserved.Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Suggestions? Comments? Please contact: Sarah Farr, Web Editor/Staff WriterPhysicians Committee for Responsible Medicine202-686-2210, ext. 358sfarr Renew your PCRM membership for 2008 Your air travel can earn points for PCRM Wording for your will New factory farming book to benefit

animals The Oregonian interviews Amy Lanou, Ph.D., about funding for healthy school lunches The Willamette Week writes about PCRM’s whistleblower ad The Seattle Post-Intelligencer interviews Susan Levin, M.S., R.D., about healthy school lunches A Johns Hopkins News-Letter editorial urges the school to end its live

pig lab WWLTV in Louisiana interviews Cancer Project Cooking instructor Anne Sonnier about how foods fight cancer Caroline Trapp, M.S.N., A.P.R.N., B.C.-ADM, C.D.E., writes to Time Magazine about fast food and global health Susan Levin, M.S., R.D., exposes the dairy industry’s weight-loss scheme in Advertising Age PCRM member doctor Roberta

Gray, M.D., writes to The Desert Sun about the beef recall and school lunches The Spokesman Review publishes an op-ed about diabetes by Neal D. Barnard, M.D. (registration required) Write to the FDA Commissioner about ending mandatory animal testing Help distribute Humane Seal brochures to stores Become a Heart Health

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