Why Must Europe Test 100,000 Chemicals upon Millions of Animals?

[Guest guest]

TO: All Chinese Healing

 

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 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Still worse, because of this reliance on outdated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 100,000 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 a sample letter visit the BUAV (British Union for

the Abolition of Vivisection) at http://www.buav.org

(Select Campaigns, Chemical Testing, Get Active

then Writing to the local press).

 

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 on REACH at

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

 

Everyone can help and you can make a difference.

 

Thank You

 

Tony, Nottingham, England