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Taxpayer, we're still absolutely giddy over last week's
massive win. For the first time in history a federal agency has
announced a plan to....













Taxpayer, we're still absolutely giddy over last week's
massive win:


"EPA chief announces plan to eliminate reliance on animal
research"

- Washington Examiner



YOU MADE HISTORY, Taxpayer: It's the first time in U.S. history
that a federal agency set a plan to cut ALL taxpayer-funded
animal tests!

And the credit belongs to you, Taxpayer.

Your loyalty, advocacy, and donations to White Coat Waste Project
allow us to find, expose, and (most importantly) de-fund
government waste at labs like the EPA.

So cheers to you, Taxpayer! 🥂🐰🐭💸🗑

Read below to see how you just saved 20,000 (‼️) lives per
year ... and MILLIONS more tax dollars.




In gratitude,



Noelle Callahan
Public Policy Manager
White Coat Waste Project

P.S. Taxpayer, now let's give the EPA-treatment to the Dept. of
Veterans Affairs (VA)! As I write this, the VA in Richmond is
plotting to renew funds for the most painful dog tests the entire
federal government. And it's happening in just a few days! So
Taxpayer, please follow this link to ask your Member of Congress
to cut-off the VA next.


CONTACT CONGRESS ➙






EPA chief announces plan to eliminate reliance on animal
research
by Carlin Becker | September 10, 2019
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew
Wheeler directed his department to phase out the use of animal
research and allocated $4.25 million to advance research on
alternative methods that can better predict potential hazards.

In a memo signed on Tuesday, Wheeler outlined the EPA's
plan to reduce requests for and funding of mammal studies by 30%
by 2025, and to eliminate such requests and funding by 2035. Any
mammal studies requested or funded after 2035 will require
administrator approval on a case-by-case basis.




The EPA will work to replace animal research with new
approach methods (NAMs) that are found to be "equivalent or
better than the animal tests replaced" and will "remain fully
protective of human health and the environment." The department
will also award $4.25 million to five universities to research
alternative test methods and strategies.

"This is an effort that the agency will undertake over
the next 16 years to improve the science we use for scientific
decision and eliminate the need for animals tests," Wheeler said
at a press conference. "This is a longstanding personal belief on
my behalf."


The move was welcomed by several lawmakers and animal
welfare groups who have opposed the department's history of
subjecting rodents, rabbits, and other mammals to taxpayer-funded
experiments, which have involved force feeding them lard and
coconut oil, forcing them to breathe diesel exhaust, ozone and
smog, as well as electrocuting them before ultimately euthanizing
them.

"Animal testing is often cruel and painful, with limited
applicability to human health outcomes. Non-animal research is
more accurate, more cost effective, and more humane," Florida
Rep. Matt Gaetz said. "I commend the EPA for their decision, and
hope other departments and agencies will follow suit."


"I thank the EPA for recognizing that we can protect
animals and taxpayers by curbing the use of animals in research
where scientifically-proven alternatives are readily available,"
Rep. Ken Calvert of California added.

Justin Goodman, vice president of Advocacy and Public
Policy at taxpayer watchdog White Coat Waste Project,
additionally applauded the initiative as the "most comprehensive
and aggressive plan in U.S. history" to cut waste and curb the
use of and reliance on animal research.

Wheeler's announcement builds upon progress the
department has been making under the Trump administration to
reduce its reliance on animal experiments, which has saved over
200,000 laboratory animals in recent years.

As the EPA moves to eliminate such research, several
other federal agencies have also moved towards phasing out their
own animal experiments, including the Department of Agriculture,
the Department of Veterans Affairs, the National Institutes of
Health, and the Food and Drug Administration.




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To stop taxpayer-funded
animal tests, we must first stop the $15 billion+ in wasteful
government spending.

We find, expose, and
de-fund wasteful government spending on animal experiments. To
change public policy, we unite liberty lovers and animal lovers
with hard-hitting investigations and public policy campaigns.


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