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Press ReleaseFor Immediate Release: 01/06/10 – By: Doctors Against Animal Experiments Drei Jahre REACHMillionen Tieropfer für bevorstehende Chemikalientests1 June 2007, the EU chemicals regulation REACH came into force. Thousands of chemicals should be tested in the years to their toxicity - largely in animal studies. Estimates suggest up to 54 million animals that are to let the will of the EU in painful toxicity tests their lives. These are animals - apart from the ethical issues - completely inappropriate to assess the risks of substances for humans and the environment, the nationwide association is convinced doctors against animal testing. Depending on production volume, a number of test data required for REACH - the higher the amount, the more data. They range from acute toxicity tests in which rats or mice, the substances are introduced into the stomach through the skin tests on rabbits and guinea pigs to Mehrgenerationentests die in which a substance for thousands of rats. Estimates range from eight to 54 million vertebrate animals that are under REACH their lives. For Dr. med vet. Corina Gericke, associate researcher for doctors against animal testing is a scandal: "The chemicals are all in use for decades. All required data are already available and only have to be collected. " The animal tests, according to Medical Association also for assessing the hazards of chemicals extremely unreliable. "What are harmless for a rat, may be toxic to humans and vice versa," said veterinarian Gericke. The EU has proved to REACH a disservice. "Instead of a modern, sophisticated testing strategies, eg to share with human cell cultures and computer simulations, is held in a completely outdated paradigm, in which a catalog is processed from cruel and pointless animal tests, "says Gericke further. For substances that are known to be particularly dangerous, or are produced in quantities of more than 100 tons per year, animal testing may be performed by the ECHA only after approval. ECHA will publish the names of the chemicals have been submitted for the applications on its website. 45 days, you can comment from third parties, a demand which has found due to pressure from animal welfare and animal associations opponent input into REACH. Professionals can thus find out whether the requested data are already available or how they can be produced without animal testing. "We are against animal testing doctors do their utmost to prevent as many animal experiments, when we submit our experts informed view on the animal's filings with the ECHA. To date, 15 applications have been animal studies published by the ECHA. In the coming months and years, hundreds are expected. For more information: The REACH chance - 45 days http://www.aerzte-gegen-tierversuche.de/infos/eu/476-die-reach-chance-45-tage-um-tiere-zu-retten to save animals REACH - http://www.aerzte-gegen-tierversuche.de/infos/eu/159-reach-grausame-und-sinnlose-chemikalien-tierversuche cruel and pointless tests chemicals ----------------------------- The association of doctors against animal testing has existed since 1979 and is an amalgamation of several hundred doctors, veterinarians and scientists, the animal experiments for ethical and scientific reasons to reject. The association is committed to a modern, humane research and science without animal experiments, which are people-oriented and the causes and prevention of diseases in the foreground. |
