It is two weeks since the landmark Dec. 15 Institute of Medicine report Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research was released. PCRM's director of academic affairs John J. Pippin, M.D., describes the challenges ahead.
Sixty-one percent of Americans believe that companies should not be allowed to test cosmetics and personal care products on animals, according to an independent survey commissioned by PCRM.
The Environmental Protection Agency, the National Institutes of Health, and the Food and Drug Administration just announced a joint effort to use high-throughput robotics, instead of animals, to test 10,000 chemicals and drugs for potential toxicity.
Painful forced-exercise heart experiments on dogs at Wayne State University violate Michigan's animal cruelty law, says a legal complaint filed by PCRM on Dec. 14 with the Wayne County prosecuting attorney.
