EU regulator checked on REACH animal testing
Charity claims ECHA fails to enforce rules
Richard Jansen
AN EU watchdog has ruled that the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is not doing enough to minimise the number of safety tests carried out on animals in the region.
The European Ombudsman, Emily O’ Reilly, is responsible for investigating complaints about EU institutions and has upheld a complaint made two years ago by the sometimes-controversial charity People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). It claimed that ECHA has not been enforcing the animal testing rules of its own wide-ranging chemical safety regulations, known as REACH, strictly enough …
tce today – Dec 15, 2014
www.tcetoday.com/latest%20news…
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The ABCs of Animal Rights
by Catherine Gill
Over the years, animal rights as a movement has grown to epic proportions and major progress has been made. We’ve seen great victories like gaining federal protection back for animals like wolves ( www.care2.com/causes/victory-w… ), we’ve seen game-changing bans like the one from Belgium forbidding wild animals in circuses ( www.care2.com/causes/victory-b… ), and we’ve come a very long way in the vegan food department. Plant-based food has gone from bland and “we’ll take what we can get” to “so good that we even fool carnivores with it,” and let’s not even get started on the vegan cheese varieties available ( www.care2.com/greenliving/find… ) now. The advancement and change in animal rights has really been impressive.
With refinement also comes a lot of new terminology that may need clarification. Or maybe it is just really fascinating to see how far we’ve come within the movement by taking a look at some of its interesting phraseology. Long gone are the days where accessible information about animal rights is hard to find. Heck, now we can even provide you with an entire alphabet full of activism terms! …
Care2.com – December 15, 2014 at 8:30 am
www.care2.com/causes/the-abcs-…
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Bush meat trade is major Ebola risk to Scotland
SCOTLAND’S top microbiologist has warned that the secret trade in bush meat poses the biggest risk of the deadly Ebola virus coming into the country.
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/5460…
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