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January 23, 2012
European Union Must Grasp Horizon 2020 to Lead the World in Science Innovation
HSI Europe urged the European Union to lead the world in cutting-edge research and testing as it kicked off discussions on how to spend its €80 billion Horizon 2020 research funding budget.
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January 20, 2012
Time for Canadian Biomedical Science to Join the 21st Century, Says HSI Canada
HSI Canada reacted strongly to statistics released by the Canadian Council on Animal Care, which revealed the use of more than 3 million animals for research, testing and educational purposes in 2010.
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January 19, 2012
Thousands of Dogs and Other Animals Spared Cruel Chemical Tests in Europe
HSI scientists secured the biggest reduction in animal testing requirements ever accomplished.
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January 18, 2012
HSI Canada Calls for Swift Government Action to Reduce Reliance on Animal Testing by Implementing Findings of New Report
HSI Canada welcomed a forward-looking report from the Council of Canadian Academies,"Integrating Emerging Technologies into Chemical Safety Assessment," as an opportunity for Canada to dramatically reduce its reliance on animal testing, particularly in the pesticide sector.
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January 11, 2012
HSI UK Tells Home Office: Don’t Break Pledge To Ban Animal Testing For Household Products
HSl UK urged the Home Office to keep its commitment to ban animal testing for household cleaning products such as washing-up liquid and carpet shampoo.
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December 15, 2011
HSI’s Work in Brazil to Promote Non-Animal Testing
HSI is working with Brazilian authorities and companies in the cosmetics and other sectors to gain acceptance and use of proven non-animal methods and testing strategies and to update regulatory testing requirements to replace or reduce animal testing to the greatest possible extent.
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December 1, 2011
Avoiding Animal Testing
By 2050, wrote HSI's Dr. Andrew Rowan in an article in The Scientist, we might finally see the last of animal use in the laboratory.
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November 29, 2011
HSI Applauds Novo Nordisk for Ending Animal Testing for Medicine Quality Control
HSI welcomed the announcement by global healthcare company Novo Nordisk that it would no longer use living animals to test the quality of its medicine batches.
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October 10, 2011
Sir Roger Moore, Brigitte Bardot and Virginia McKenna Speak Out Against Animal-Tested Cosmetics
Celebrities urged European Union politicians to keep their promise to make Europe a cruelty-free zone by banning the sale of new cosmetics tested on animals.
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October 4, 2011
HSI Europe Applauds EU Parliament Committee for Voting to Spare Thousands of Animals from Biocide Chemical Tests
HSI Europe praised Members of the European Parliament Environment Committee for voting to spare thousands of animals from archaic tests for biocidal chemicals such as anti-bacterial cleaners and insect repellent.
