{"id":785353,"date":"2022-09-01T20:53:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T20:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/?p=1039965"},"modified":"2022-09-01T20:53:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T20:53:59","slug":"read-all-about-it-how-peta-scientists-published-papers-promote-animal-free-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/09\/01\/read-all-about-it-how-peta-scientists-published-papers-promote-animal-free-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Read All About It! How PETA Scientists\u2019 Published Papers Promote Animal-Free Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"
Regulatory agencies around the world require that any new method for testing the toxicity of chemicals first be evaluated for its scientific usefulness before companies and regulators can apply it. Up until recently, this process included measuring a new method\u2019s accuracy by directly comparing its results to those from tests on animals\u2014even though many such tests aren\u2019t reliable or relevant to humans. But an exciting new paper<\/a> coauthored by PETA Science Consortium International e.V. and scientists from government agencies could help change this process and increase the speed at which modern, non-animal tests are adopted.<\/p>\n The paper, published in Archives of Toxicology<\/em>, provides regulators with a different way to establish scientific confidence in new methods\u2014one that\u2019s grounded in human biology rather than flawed tests on other animals. The use of this framework would accelerate the uptake of relevant, reliable, non-animal test methods, leading to improved protection of human health and preventing animals from being subjected to tests in which they are forced to ingest or inhale or are injected with toxic substances before being killed.<\/p>\n These papers have shown how modern, non-animal approaches can be used to test chemicals instead of relying on archaic and crude experiments on animals. These publications capture the current thinking of leaders in the regulatory field and build support for the acceptance of superior, animal-free methods.<\/p>\n And the work doesn\u2019t stop once a paper lands in a scientific journal. PETA scientists present their findings at high-profile conferences and meetings around the world, ensuring that as many people as possible understand the benefits of non-animal testing approaches.<\/p>\n Over the years, PETA scientists have published dozens of papers on topics affecting animals used in regulatory testing. Here are just a few examples:<\/p>\n The Science Consortium and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a paper that led to a new EPA policy<\/a> preventing hundreds of mallards and quail each year from being used in tests in which they\u2019re fed pesticide-laced food for days before being killed. The paper came after the authors reviewed 20 years of data and finding that the agency could confidently protect the environment without poisoning birds in this cruel test.<\/p>\n <\/a>\u00a9 iStock.com\/Peter Davies<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n In another collaboration between the EPA and other international experts, a Science Consortium publication showed that approaches that don\u2019t use live animals to test whether chemicals irritate human eyes were as, if not more, reflective of human biology <\/strong>than tests in which chemicals are applied to the eyes of live rabbits<\/a>\u2014and that their results are more consistent. The paper concluded that the newer methods should be accepted now to replace the rabbit test, which would prevent an estimated 600 rabbits<\/strong> from being used in pesticide tests each year in the U.S. alone.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The Science Consortium published a paper on a groundbreaking project (which it funded) that led to the creation of fully human-derived antibodies<\/a> capable of blocking the poisonous toxin that causes diphtheria. These human-derived antibodies are the first steps toward ending the 100-year-old method of injecting horses repeatedly with the diphtheria toxin and then draining huge amounts of their blood in order to collect the antibodies that their immune systems produce to fight the disease.<\/p>\nThe Science Consortium routinely collaborates with experts from regulatory agencies, industry, and academia to publish papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals. <\/strong><\/h3>\n
A History of Publications by the Science Consortium<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Dietary testing on birds<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Eye testing on rabbits<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Antitoxin production in horses<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n