The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is doubling down on monkey business—and breaking HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s pledge to end primate testing. A new White Coat Waste (WCW) investigation has uncovered a $368,626 FDA purchase order, issued on August 31, 2026, to buy baboons for experiments involving pertussis—the bacteria that causes whooping cough. […]
White Coat Waste is leading efforts with Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), and Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) to pass bipartisan legislation to retire animals from federal labs. The newly reintroduced Violet’s Law, named after a hound rescued by WCW from a taxpayer-funded lab, would require all federal agencies to enact policies […]
Our recent investigation of wasteful and barbaric taxpayer-funded experiments on beagles funded by Anthony Fauci’s NIH division set off a media firestorm. Now, Congress is taking notice and taking action. As first reported by the Daily Caller, in a new letter sent to Fauci, Congressman Scott Perry and 14 colleagues cite our new investigation […]
Our recent “Broken Bureaucracy” investigative report exposed how century-old FDA red tape is still forcing drugmakers to poison puppies when they’d prefer to use more effective and cost-efficient alternatives. Fortunately, it landed on the radar of lawmakers who have the power to enact the changes we need to see to cut FDA red tape that hurts puppies, patients and profits. […]
UPDATE (7/29/21): This legislation has been passed by the House of Representatives and now awaits action by the Senate. Original post Just a month after WCW released its “Broken Bureaucracy” report exposing how FDA red tape is causing drug companies to abuse puppies in wasteful tests and stifling medical innovation, Congress is taking action and […]
Our new “Broken Bureaucracy” investigative report exposes how century-old FDA red tape is still forcing drugmakers to poison puppies when they’d prefer to use more effective and cost-efficient alternatives. Fortunately, it’s caught the attention of folks who have the power to amplify our message and enact the changes we need to see to cut FDA […]
A beagle puppy’s mouth is taped shut to prevent her from spitting out an experimental drug. Chemicals are forced through a tube into her stomach or injected into her eyes. Some are only one week old. 20,000 dogs killed each year. No pain relief. No anesthesia. Now here’s the real scandal: drug companies don’t want to […]
It’s shocking but true: FDA red tape is FORCING drug makers to poison puppies in wasteful tests even when high-tech alternatives are available and companies would prefer to use them. Fortunately, we’re working with two-time WCW Waste Warrior awardee Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA) to cut this deadly red tape by passing the bipartisan AARF Act. […]
We are thrilled to announce some major paw-gress in our fight to Cut FDA Red Tape: A bipartisan coalition of Waste Warriors in Congress has just reintroduced the AARF Act! The WCW-backed Alternatives to Animals for Regulatory Fairness Act allows drug makers to use high-tech alternatives to painful and deadly testing on puppies and other animals […]
There is no denying that 2020 has been *a year*. But you know what? While so much of 2020 has been a ???? show—our small and scrappy organization still got a ????-ton accomplished! This year, White Coat Waste Project defunded and defeated more government labs than any other organization… and we did it with fewer […]
