Dr Bernard-Pellet explains why we should teach medical personnel and patients the art of healthy living through sensible lifestyle and nutrition.
Are animal models predictive?
Dec 7, ’11
10:47 AM
There are many ways in which animals are used in science, but their role as models for predicting human outcome is especially controversial. Read ‘Are animal models predictive for humans?’ by Niall Shanks, Ray Greek and Jean Greek, originally published in Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine.
Press Release: Scientists question value of monkey experiments
Dec 6, ’11
02:15 PM
An article published in the peer-reviewed Medicolegal and Bioethics presents a rare challenge not just to the ethics but also to the science of using non human primates in research.
Interview: Another courageous scientist
Dec 3, ’11
10:19 AM
The following interview is with a scientist who wishes to remain anonymous. Her determination to pursue a scientific career without conducting animal experiments is an example for others to follow.
Articles
Date
Tue 22 Mar 2011
Summary
The prevalence of autism is growing too quickly for it to be a genetic disorder. Instead, autism is probably caused by exposure of the fetus to harmful substances. [article computer-translated from the French]
Date
Sat 25 Dec 2010
Summary
Tap water is deemed safe to drink if the concentration of dangerous chemicals within it does not reach a certain threshold. But these thresholds are simplistic, outdated and irrelevant. [article computer-translated from the French]
Date
Fri 9 Jul 2010
Summary
REACH, the European Community Regulation on chemicals, is an apology to society for the thousands of poorly-tested industrial chemicals that now pervade the environment and our bodies. But REACH regulations still allow traditional unquestioned animal experiments.
Date
Mon 21 Jun 2010
Summary
Modern-day knowledge has shown us the biological uniqueness of each and every species.
Date
Mon 21 Jun 2010
Summary
People living in developed countries are exposed to over 100,000 chemically pure, man-made substances (and an immense number of their combinations). 98% of these chemicals have never been tested for their effects on our health or environment. Traditional toxicity testing in animal models has proven unreliable. With the help of concepts, methods and tools developed in modern biology, scientific toxicity assessment is at present possible. Various fields of toxicology are reviewed and the scientific methods allowing their reliable assessments are summarized. The implementation of scientific toxicity testing is expected to save yearly millions of lives in developed countries.
People are not 70kg rats
In drug safety tests, using one species to represent another doesn’t work. We must replace animal tests with 21st-century science.
Ban cosmetics testing on animals now!
The EU has banned animal testing for cosmetics, but is only slowly validating new testing methods. We must prioritize funds, improve the validation process, and introduce toxicogenomics for testing.
For a strong REACH
REACH, the EU chemical testing program to protect health and the environment, uses animal-based methods that are scientifically outdated and irrelevant. REACH can be challenged and reformed.
Cancer Test
Toxicogenomics is a rapid, cost-effective way to test the toxic effects—including cancer—of chemicals. We are conducting a study of widely-used chemicals and will bring the findings to the EU ombudsman as a call for introducing toxicogenomics.
Danger, Bisphenol!
Despite its widespread use (such as in babies’ dummies), Bisphenol A’s chemical structure suggests that it’s a medium- and long-term danger. BPA should be banned.