Why Must Europe Test 30,000 Chemicals on Millions of Animals?

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TO: All aapn

 

I am a private individual posting this message to

help Laboratory Animals and us all.

 

A new European Chemical Testing Policy called

REACH has now been finalised by the European

Union. Under these proposals 30,000 Chemicals of

every kind - from those used in industrial processes

to the ingredients of consumer products - will be

tested on Millions of animals from mice to fish to

dogs, causing untold suffering.

 

Still worse, because of this reliance on outdated

animal techniques, reliable and relevant information

will not be provided and our safety will not be assured.

 

This is URGENT because Testing has now started.

 

If you believe that REACH should make more use

of Alternative Testing to test 30,000 Chemicals

that have been in general use since before 1985

then please take action now.

 

If you are a European citizen please contact your

local papers and own MEP asking them to promote

the development of humane non-animal testing

methods under the REACH legislation, which is the

best hope we have for sparing animals the misery

of a testing laboratory.

 

For contact details of your MEPs visit

http://www.europarl.europa.eu

 

For all Non-European members, you can still help.

Please tell all your colleagues and friends in the UK

and Europe about REACH. Write to your own local

papers to try and inform others about what is going

on in Europe.

 

More information and help with REACH at

http://www.navs.org.uk/media_centre/35/0/823/

 

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals/reach/reach_intro.htm

 

http://www.eceae.org/english/chemicals.html

 

http://www.buav.org

 

Everyone can help and you can make a difference.

 

Thank You

 

Tony, Nottingham, England