Animal Justice Project Science Advisor submits Opinion on primates in research and testing!

Animal Justice Project Science Advisor, Dr. Andre Menache, has submitted a Scientific Opinion for consideration by the Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) on the on the use of non-human primates (NHPs) in regulatory toxicology in general, and on the use of NHP for the safety testing of breast implants, in particular. He concludes: - The use of NHPs in biomedical research, production and testing of products and devices has never undergone independent scientific audit. The phasing out of chimpanzees in biomedical research is the result of strong public opinion against their use as living test tubes. It is also the result of a recognition by the scientific community that chimpanzees are no longer essential for the study of human disease and drug development - The total replacement of NHPs in research and testing will be greatly accelerated by a paradigm shift in EC spending, away from animal based research and instead towards modern, human based technologies - There is an urgent need for the ethical review process relating to animal experiments use to undergo a major transformation, to allow greater public participation and hence greater transparency Read it: www.antidote-europe.org/en/end-non-human-primates-research What you can do next: - DONATE! www.animaljusticeproject.com/make_a_donation.php - SIGN UP to our newsletter for the latest news on this campaign! bit.ly/1GlpIVw - SHARE this petition among friends! Help us reach our goal of 50,000 www.animaljusticeproject.com/sweden