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Covance
Preparing to Build Testing Facility in
Arizona
Covance, one of the world’s
largest contract testing companies, is preparing
to build a 400,000 square foot experimentation
facility in Chandler, Ariz. The facility would
be used for animal experiments and chemical testing.
Local citizens worry that it could threaten the
health of the citizens of Chandler. How
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New
York Schools Set to Push Cheese on Kids
As part of New York's “Ag Literacy Day,” children
will be read the book Extra Cheese Please!:
Mozzarella’s Journey from Cow to Pizza,
which ends with a girl enjoying a slice of cheese
pizza. Let New York Agriculture in the Classroom
know that pushing fatty foods on already overweight
children is doing them a disservice. How
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New
Journal Article Urges Use of Animal Serum-Free
Cell Culture
A paper written by PCRM scientists and doctors
that appears in the March issue of Trends
in Biotechnology recommends the use of animal
serum-free media to grow live cells. Fetal bovine
serum (FBS) is the most commonly used medium,
but its use raises ethical, scientific, and safety
concerns. Learn
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PCRM
Survey Shows Many Cardiologists Not Recommending
Life-Saving Diets
Doctors may not know what their patients are
willing to do to improve their own health. A
survey of cardiologists found that although many
knew about the potential life-saving effects
of low-fat vegetarian diets for their heart patients,
most did not recommend them on the belief that
their patients would not comply. Learn
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PCRM
Seeks to End Animal Drug Experiments
Millions of tax dollars are spent each year on “stressing” animals,
giving them drugs and alcohol, and infecting
them with diseases in order to study substance
abuse problems unique to the human species. Help
us put an end to these unnecessary and ineffectual
animal experiments. How
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