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Tell the EPA Not to Retest Chemicals on Animals--Comments Due March 31! TAKE ACTION!


Animals  (tags: animals, testing, chemicals, EPA, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection )

Cher
- 253 days ago - peta.org
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed requiring animal tests on another 15 high production volume chemicals that are produced or imported into the U.S. in amounts equal to or greater than 1 million pounds per year.
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Cher C. (748)
Tuesday March 24, 2009, 1:45 pm



Please join us in letting the EPA know that you don't want more animals killed in these tests. To file your comments, you must go to

http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocumentDetail&o=090000648091443d

and then click the orange bubble icon next to "Add Comments." Tell the EPA that it must do the following:


• Require companies to make in-house testing results or other existing data available—and thoroughly evaluate the data along with public comments—before requiring more animal tests
• Consider the totality of what is known about each chemical—including human experience—before requiring new animal tests
• Use non-animal alternatives to mammalian acute toxicity, fish acute toxicity, and developmental toxicity tests

Please make sure that your comments are polite, as they will become part of the official docket. Thank you!


 

LaJana P. (98)
Tuesday March 24, 2009, 8:02 pm
Thanks for posting Cher. Noted and action taken!!!

This needs to end.
 

lorii He (9)
Wednesday March 25, 2009, 4:58 am
it is so bad to use animals like things they do not care about the animals sufer wel they will be haveing us on their back DO NOT USE ANIMALS
 

Sarah H. (19)
Wednesday March 25, 2009, 5:22 am
thank you for alerting us to this
 

Debbie L. (171)
Wednesday March 25, 2009, 5:57 am
Noted and emails sent out, thanks Cher
 

Wanda P. (7)
Thursday March 26, 2009, 6:23 pm
I tried all day to leave a comment on gov.com, finally left a complaint that I couldn't leave a comment.
 
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