REQUEST FROM ALKA: GUINEA PIGS OR GUINEA PEOPLE?

[Guest guest]

Hello All,

 

Tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. on the radio stations listed below (and live

on the Internet) Alka will be on the radio debating some guy about the use

of animals in drug research. Not sure if any of the stations are local, but

hopefully someone out there does.

 

Alka has requested that some " friendly voices chime in. " There is a

toll-free number farther down this message. If you're awake, do tune in.

 

~ Joe

 

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A FOOD CHAIN RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM

 

 

Without drugs, fewer of us would be around to enjoy the golden years.

Before we take new drugs, we test for efficacy and safety on animals. But

many people now say we should not use animals to new drugs. And so we pause

to ask, ³Guinea pigs, or guinea people?²

 

This Saturday at 9AM Pacific, the Food Chain with Michael Olson hosts

Alka Chandna from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), and

Charles Smith, Consultant to the Pharmaceutical Industry, for a conversation

about the use of animals in drug research.

 

(Listen here: http://www.metrofarm.com/index.asp?cat=40088)

 

Topics include why we use animals to test new drugs; whether there are

reasonable alternatives to the use of animals in drug research; and whether

we should, or should not, use animals to test the efficacy and safety of new

drugs.

 

Listeners are invited to call the program on KFRM, KGET, KGOE, KIQS,

KMPH, KNTK, KOMY, or KSCO with questions and comments at 800-624-2665.

 

NOTE: The Food Chain is now available to commercial radio stations

throughout the United States. Please help with the dissemination of the

program by copying the hotlink below and emailing it to the Program Director

of your favorite newstalk radio station. Tell her or him how much you would

like to hear the Food Chain in your area!

http://www.metrofarm.com/index.asp?cat=43020