W.O.W., we call this week’s Waste of the Week the Froot Loophole. And it’s shocking what these “cereal killers” did to innocent victims using your money, behind closed doors. Unfortunately… we mean that ⚡ literally⚡. This is actual footage of the taxpayer-funded poisoned Froot Loop experiment. You can see the rat examining, then picking up […]
Our 3 million advocates spoke up—with calls, emails, tweets, letters and petitions—and Congress listened! The 2021 federal spending bill, signed into law on December 27, 2020, includes cost-cutting, life-saving measures that WCW worked throughout the year to secure and that take a big bite out of wasteful taxpayer-funded animal experiments. CUTTING FDA RED TAPE Following […]
Update: (6/11/2020) If you need more proof that your voice matters, and together we can make a real difference: Following WCW’s efforts and pressure from Congress and the public, last month the NIH formed a multi-agency working group to improve transparency and accountability about the effectiveness of government programs to reduce wasteful animal tests conducted […]
Last year, White Coat Waste Project (WCW) released its Toxic Testing report, exposing painful, secretive, and wasteful chemical tests on hundreds of thousands of animals by the National Toxicology Program (NTP). Now, Congress is demanding answers after hitting roadblocks in its own attempts to learn more about the controversial program. As first reported by leading […]
The Federal Accountability in Chemical Testing (FACT) Act, a White Coat Waste Project-endorsed bill that would require federal agencies to disclose much more information about the poisoning tests they do on animals–including for cosmetics— has been picking up steam. The bill has over 60 bipartisan cosponsors and now the support of the prestigious New York City (NYC) Bar […]
Animal testing by cosmetics companies is becoming a thing of the past, but did you know that the federal government is still secretively forcing you to pay for cruel, ineffective and expensive cosmetics tests on animals? A new White Coat Waste Project analysis of more than 100 chemicals, foods, herbal supplements and other substances being tested […]
Two weeks after White Coat Waste Project first broke the news about the USDA inexplicably deleting its animal welfare database, the agency has bowed to pressure from WCW and our supporters, bipartisan Congress members and other advocates. As reported in the Washington Post, the USDA has begun restoring access to documents about government laboratories and other taxpayer-funded […]
This past week, we had the pleasure of being guests on two high-profile programs to discuss our work on the bipartisan FACT Act, the USDA animal welfare database scandal, and other campaigns to expose and end wasteful taxpayer-funded animal experiments. First, we were on SiriusXM’s Conversations with Maria, hosted by actor, activist and journalist […]
In her widely-read Washington Times column today, author and FOX News contributor Tammy Bruce slammed the USDA’s decision to delete its animal welfare database, and praised White Coat Waste Project’s work with Congress on the FACT Act to increase transparency about taxpayer-funded animal experiments: Just as the USDA made its move against transparency, the good […]
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 […]
