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December 20, 2012
End Animal Testing 2012 Campaign Victories and Milestones
A list of HSI's "End Animal Testing" campaign victories and milestones in 2012.
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April 17, 2012
Q&A: Cosmetic Testing in India
Raw ingredients in cosmetic and consumer products may be subject to the same sorts of tests as any other chemicals, including skin and eye irritation tests, studies in chemically-poisoned animals and their offspring, and even the widely condemned “lethal dose” tests, in which animals are forced to swallow or inhale massive amounts of a test substance to determine the dose that causes death.
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April 12, 2012
Q&A: Cosmetic Testing
Raw ingredients in cosmetic and consumer products may be subject to the same sorts of tests as any other chemicals, including skin and eye irritation tests, studies in chemically-poisoned animals and their offspring, and even the widely condemned “lethal dose” tests, in which animals are forced to swallow or inhale massive amounts of a test substance to determine the dose that causes death.
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June 21, 2011
End Animal Testing 2010 Campaign Victories and Milestones
A list of HSI's "End Animal Testing" campaign victories and milestones from 2010.
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June 21, 2011
End Animal Testing 2011 Campaign Victories and Milestones
A list of HSI's "End Animal Testing" campaign victories and milestones in 2011.
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April 3, 2011
Perguntas e Respostas: Testes de Cosméticos e Outros Produtos
Ingredientes de cosméticos, cosméticos finalizados e outros produtos são frequentemente testados em animais. A experimentação inclui testes de irritação de pele e olhos, envenenamento de animais e efeitos sobre sua prole, e até mesmo os amplamente condenados testes de dosagem letal (LD).
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June 21, 2010
Survey: Europeans Increasingly Question Ethics of Animal Experiments
Levels of disagreement with the use of animals such as dogs and primates in experiments increased by three percentage points between 2005 and 2010, a Eurobarometer survey showed.
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October 21, 2009
65,000 Cyber-Marchers Reach European Parliament as Animal Experiments Directive Is Debated
More than 65,000 people in cyberspace--including comedian Ricky Gervais, actress Joanna Lumley and rock stars Brian May and Chrissie Hynde--asked European Union politicians in Strasbourg to defend better science without animal suffering.
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April 14, 2009
Q&A: EU Testing of Genetically Modified Foods
Through modern biotechnology, numerous plants, animals and microorganisms have been modified genetically to produce characteristics desirable for agriculture.
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March 26, 2009
Animal Testing: Scientific Publications
Recommended scientific publications for further reading on animal experiments.
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March 26, 2009
Q&A: EU Testing of Vaccines
In 2005, tests for the "production and quality control of products for human medicine and dentistry and for veterinary medicine" consumed 1,854,553 animals, or approximately 15.3% of all animals used for all experimental purposes in the EU, according to European Commission statistics.
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March 25, 2009
Q&A: EU Testing of Pharmaceuticals
For every drug and pharmaceutical product on the EU market, many thousands of animals have suffered and died in laboratory poisoning tests.
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March 23, 2009
Q&A: EU Testing of Food Additives
HSI Europe has been at the forefront of lobbying efforts to ensure that all available, validated non-animal methods and testing strategies achieve expeditious regulatory acceptance in the EU.
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March 23, 2009
Q&A: EU Testing of Nanomaterials
The field of nanotechnology is still in its infancy, and now is the time to ensure that frameworks for nanosafety testing are grounded in modern and human-relevant science, in order to prevent the needless deaths of millions of animals.
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March 19, 2009
Q&A: EU Testing of Endocrine Disrupters
Since the 1962 publication of Silent Spring, there has been concern that chemicals in the environment could be harmful to both wildlife populations and human health.
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March 11, 2009
Europe Leaps Ahead with Cosmetic Testing Deadline
As of March 11, 2009, the European Union banned all animal tests for cosmetic ingredients, formulations and final products.
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June 24, 2008
Alternatives in Scientific Research
In contrast to product testing, in which some animal use is required by law, there is no law requiring the use of animals to study basic biology, or the pathology and treatment of human illness.
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June 20, 2008
Legal Obligations
As public opposition towards animal testing has grown, animal use has been broadly prohibited where alternative methods are "reasonably and practicably available."
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June 20, 2008
Product Testing
Government statistics indicate that product testing accounts for approximately eight per cent of all animal use for scientific purposes; yet the use of animals in product testing figures prominently in the animal experiments controversy.
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June 20, 2008
Animal Welfare Considerations
Some toxicity tests consume hundreds or thousands of animals per substance examined.
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