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Posted by Tony on March 10, 2007, 2:05 am
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Is that you Chuck?
TONY wrote:
> Tony
> Nottingham
> England
>
> 3 March 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 Still worse, because of this reliance on outdated animal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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