As reported by the Associated Press, Washington Post, Washington Examiner and others, at a signing ceremony this morning with White Coat Waste Project (WCW) as one of the invited speakers, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the most comprehensive plan in U.S. government history to completely end “horrific and inhumane” animal testing exposed by WCW and […]
UPDATE (2/15/19): After being passed by Congress this summer, this legislation has been signed into law by President Donald Trump as part of a 2019 federal spending bill. US EPA budget contains wins for animal testing alternatives – read the full story: https://t.co/pmRkORxljm #ChemicalWatchNews — Chemical Watch (@chemicalwatch) March 5, 2019 Original post (7/19/18) Following […]
Following a WCW campaign and letters from over 55,000 taxpayers, Republicans and Democrats in Congress are holding the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) accountable for torturing animals in useless experiments that three-quarters of voters oppose. As first reported by the Daily Caller, in a pointed letter to Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, Representatives Matt Gaetz (R-FL), […]
White Coat Waste Project, Members of Congress, and influential politicos agree that wasteful air pollution animal tests at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should be relegated to the trash heap of history. So does a bipartisan supermajority of American taxpayers who are being forced to pay for EPA to force 20,000 animals annually to eat lard and then inhale […]
To coincide with Tax Week 2018, White Coat Waste Project just launched a national campaign to defund the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) wasteful and deadly multi-million-dollar air pollution animal tests. Our exposé last month uncovered how your tax dollars are funding EPA tests on more than 20,000 animals annually that include forcing them to eat lard and […]
As first reported in The Daily Caller, a White Coat Waste Project analysis of government documents has revealed dozens of cruel, misleading and outdated multi-million-dollar animal tests at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). REVEALED: EPA Animal Testing Studies Forced Rats To Inhale Diesel Exhaust, Smog https://t.co/Dy8Fe6x3ml pic.twitter.com/1D9pW1b8Oj — The Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) March 9, 2018 […]
Government agencies openly admit that animal testing for the safety of chemicals and drugs is slow, expensive and inaccurate compared to modern cell-based and computerized tests. Yet, they still spend untold millions of tax dollars each year on toxicity tests in which rats, mice, dogs and other animals are force-fed enormous doses of cosmetics […]
White Coat Waste Project is proud to announce the six recipients of our inaugural “Congressional Waste Warrior” awards for the 114th Congress. The prize recognizes Members of Congress who have demonstrated outstanding leadership on critical efforts to expose and stop wasteful spending on unnecessary animal experimentation inside government laboratories. Recent polls show that a majority […]
It’s truly scary how agencies from Veterans Affairs to the Environmental Protection Agency have been wasting your tax dollars to buy animal experimentation devices that wouldn’t be out of place in Dr. Frankenstein’s laboratory. Just in time for Halloween, check out the list we’ve compiled using government data and open records to see what animal torture tools government […]
Are Taxpayers Getting Their Money’s Worth from Animal Testing? My friend Liz Sheld had a big hand in this report on The Blaze asking whether a lot of federal government-funded animal testing amounts to a waste. (I must warn that if you’re squeamish or uncomfortable with footage of animal testing, you’re not going to […]
