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TONY-GAL
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:54 pm
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Tony
Nottingham
England

28 February 2007

TO: All People Who Care

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Still worse, because of this reliance on outdated animal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.

If you believe that REACH should make more use of
Alternative Testing to test 1000s of 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.

A sample letter can be found at the BUAV (British
Union for the Abolition of Vivisection) website at
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.

The website for the European Parliament is
http://www.europarl.europa.eu.
Information on REACH, the New European Chemical
Testing Policy can be found here.

Everyone can help and you can make a difference.

Thank You
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justup
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:59 pm
Joined: 12 Jan 2005 Posts: 489
My understanding of REACH is that it *does* permit the use of alternative
tests. Specifically,:

* Assessing toxicity based on comparable analogues;
* Using tissue cultures;
* Using bacterial tests/Microtox.

Part of the REACH sumary:

- Animal welfare
The promotion of alternatives to the animal testing of chemicals, an issue
of prime concern to MEPs, is now included among the goals of REACH. To avoid
duplication of animal testing, interested parties will have 45 days to state
their views before each new plan for animal tests. Information on toxicity
to human beings should if possible be discovered using means other than
tests on vertebrate animals, through alternative methods such as in vivo
procedures. These alternative methods must be validated by the Commission,
once recognised by the agency, or international institutions. The Commission
will submit a report every three years on the use of alternative tests and,
if necessary, bring forward fresh legislative proposals.

The BUAV website itself seems satisfied with REACH:

http://www.buav.org/campaigns/chemicals/reachhistory.html

From the location you recommended.


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Tony
Nottingham
England

28 February 2007

TO: All People Who Care

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.

If you believe that REACH should make more use of
Alternative Testing to test 1000s of 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.

A sample letter can be found at the BUAV (British
Union for the Abolition of Vivisection) website at
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.

The website for the European Parliament is
http://www.europarl.europa.eu.
Information on REACH, the New European Chemical
Testing Policy can be found here.

Everyone can help and you can make a difference.

Thank You
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