Europe Tests Established Chemicals on Millions of Animals
02-16-2007, 11:43 PM
#31
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Posts: n/a
Re: Europe Tests Established Chemicals on Millions of Animals
My bad then, but what are you doing posting binaries here? Mike is going to
post the Charter on you now. ;^)
Earle
"billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
news:55880$45d6324c$422afc51$21873@FUSE.NET...
> Lanolin is also known as Anhydrous Wool Fat
>
> Adeps lanae (Wool fat / Sheep fat) info view buy
> Wool fat, or anhydrous lanolin, is a purified cholesterol fat
obtained
> from the wool of the sheep, Ovis aries, Linn. (Order Ungulata). The
natural
> grease is extracted from the wool. Wool fat is closely allied to the
natural
> secretions of the skin.
>
>
>
> "Earle Horton" <apodo@gracioso.usa> wrote in message
> news:i7CdnVsnNPqkekjYnZ2dnUVZ_hynnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> >I understand it also comes from the fat, but I could be wrong. They do
> >wind
> > up killing a lot of the lambs anyway, and as you must know they are
yummy.
> >
> > Earle
> >
> > "Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
> > news:Pine.NEB.4.64.0702161204440.24491@panix1.pani x.com...
> >>
> >> No it isn't. Lanolin is produced by glands in sheep hide and is
> >> harvested by pressing sheared wool. No dead baby lambs involved.
> >>
> >>
> >> Lee "I've sheared a few sheep -- but that's _all_" Ayrton
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Earle Horton wrote:
> >>
> >> > Heh, I have a tube of "Burt's Bees Beeswax Lip Balm" which advertises
> > "No
> >> > Animal Testing". One of the ingredients is "lanolin" aka "dead baby
> > lambs".
> >> > Go figure.
> >> >
> >> > Earle
> >> >
> >> > "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> >> > news:d9be8$45d5477b$422afc51$12066@FUSE.NET...
> >> >> I agree that animal testing should stop. There are a vast number
of
> >> > kooks
> >> >> out there who would be more than willing to volunteer or perhaps we
> >> >> can
> >> >> start the testing on pregnant women and infants.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "TONY" <from_tl@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:1171572338.862926.275160@l53g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> >> >>> Tony
> >> >>> Nottingham
> >> >>> England
> >> >>>
> >> >>> 15 February 2007
> >> >>>
> >> >>> TO: All People Who Care
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I am a private individual posting this message
> >> >>> to help Laboratory Animals and us all. I apologize if
> >> >>> this message is out of place in this group but I think
> >> >>> you need to know this.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> A new European Chemical Testing Policy called
> >> >>> REACH has now been finalised by the European
> >> >>> Union. Under these proposals Chemicals of every
> >> >>> kind - from those used in industrial processes to the
> >> >>> ingredients of consumer products - will be tested on
> >> >>> Millions of animals from mice to fish to dogs, causing
> >> >>> untold suffering.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Still worse, because of this reliance on outdated animal
> >> >>> techniques, reliable and relevant information will not be
> >> >>> provided and our safety will not be assured.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> If you believe that REACH should make more use of
> >> >>> Alternative Testing to test its Chemicals then please take
> >> >>> action now.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> If you are a European citizen please contact your local
> >> >>> papers and own MEP asking them to promote the
> >> >>> development of humane non-animal testing methods
> >> >>> under the REACH legislation, which is the best hope we
> >> >>> have for sparing animals the misery of a testing laboratory.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> A sample letter can be found at the BUAV (British Union
> >> >>> for the Abolition of Vivisection) website at www.BUAV.org
> >> >>> (Select Campaigns, Chemical Testing, Get Active then
> >> >>> Writing to the local press).
> >> >>>
> >> >>> For all Non-European members, you can still help.
> >> >>> Please tell all your colleagues and friends in the UK and
> >> >>> Europe about REACH.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Everyone can help and you can make a difference.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Thank You
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> --
> >> "We began to realize, as we plowed on with the destruction of New
Jersey,
> >> that the extent of our American lunatic fringe had been
underestimated."
> >> Orson Wells on the reaction to the _War Of The Worlds_ broadcast.
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>
post the Charter on you now. ;^)
Earle
"billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
news:55880$45d6324c$422afc51$21873@FUSE.NET...
> Lanolin is also known as Anhydrous Wool Fat
>
> Adeps lanae (Wool fat / Sheep fat) info view buy
> Wool fat, or anhydrous lanolin, is a purified cholesterol fat
obtained
> from the wool of the sheep, Ovis aries, Linn. (Order Ungulata). The
natural
> grease is extracted from the wool. Wool fat is closely allied to the
natural
> secretions of the skin.
>
>
>
> "Earle Horton" <apodo@gracioso.usa> wrote in message
> news:i7CdnVsnNPqkekjYnZ2dnUVZ_hynnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> >I understand it also comes from the fat, but I could be wrong. They do
> >wind
> > up killing a lot of the lambs anyway, and as you must know they are
yummy.
> >
> > Earle
> >
> > "Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
> > news:Pine.NEB.4.64.0702161204440.24491@panix1.pani x.com...
> >>
> >> No it isn't. Lanolin is produced by glands in sheep hide and is
> >> harvested by pressing sheared wool. No dead baby lambs involved.
> >>
> >>
> >> Lee "I've sheared a few sheep -- but that's _all_" Ayrton
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Earle Horton wrote:
> >>
> >> > Heh, I have a tube of "Burt's Bees Beeswax Lip Balm" which advertises
> > "No
> >> > Animal Testing". One of the ingredients is "lanolin" aka "dead baby
> > lambs".
> >> > Go figure.
> >> >
> >> > Earle
> >> >
> >> > "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> >> > news:d9be8$45d5477b$422afc51$12066@FUSE.NET...
> >> >> I agree that animal testing should stop. There are a vast number
of
> >> > kooks
> >> >> out there who would be more than willing to volunteer or perhaps we
> >> >> can
> >> >> start the testing on pregnant women and infants.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "TONY" <from_tl@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:1171572338.862926.275160@l53g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> >> >>> Tony
> >> >>> Nottingham
> >> >>> England
> >> >>>
> >> >>> 15 February 2007
> >> >>>
> >> >>> TO: All People Who Care
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I am a private individual posting this message
> >> >>> to help Laboratory Animals and us all. I apologize if
> >> >>> this message is out of place in this group but I think
> >> >>> you need to know this.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> A new European Chemical Testing Policy called
> >> >>> REACH has now been finalised by the European
> >> >>> Union. Under these proposals Chemicals of every
> >> >>> kind - from those used in industrial processes to the
> >> >>> ingredients of consumer products - will be tested on
> >> >>> Millions of animals from mice to fish to dogs, causing
> >> >>> untold suffering.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Still worse, because of this reliance on outdated animal
> >> >>> techniques, reliable and relevant information will not be
> >> >>> provided and our safety will not be assured.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> If you believe that REACH should make more use of
> >> >>> Alternative Testing to test its Chemicals then please take
> >> >>> action now.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> If you are a European citizen please contact your local
> >> >>> papers and own MEP asking them to promote the
> >> >>> development of humane non-animal testing methods
> >> >>> under the REACH legislation, which is the best hope we
> >> >>> have for sparing animals the misery of a testing laboratory.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> A sample letter can be found at the BUAV (British Union
> >> >>> for the Abolition of Vivisection) website at www.BUAV.org
> >> >>> (Select Campaigns, Chemical Testing, Get Active then
> >> >>> Writing to the local press).
> >> >>>
> >> >>> For all Non-European members, you can still help.
> >> >>> Please tell all your colleagues and friends in the UK and
> >> >>> Europe about REACH.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Everyone can help and you can make a difference.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Thank You
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> --
> >> "We began to realize, as we plowed on with the destruction of New
Jersey,
> >> that the extent of our American lunatic fringe had been
underestimated."
> >> Orson Wells on the reaction to the _War Of The Worlds_ broadcast.
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>
02-16-2007, 11:43 PM
#32
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Europe Tests Established Chemicals on Millions of Animals
My bad then, but what are you doing posting binaries here? Mike is going to
post the Charter on you now. ;^)
Earle
"billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
news:55880$45d6324c$422afc51$21873@FUSE.NET...
> Lanolin is also known as Anhydrous Wool Fat
>
> Adeps lanae (Wool fat / Sheep fat) info view buy
> Wool fat, or anhydrous lanolin, is a purified cholesterol fat
obtained
> from the wool of the sheep, Ovis aries, Linn. (Order Ungulata). The
natural
> grease is extracted from the wool. Wool fat is closely allied to the
natural
> secretions of the skin.
>
>
>
> "Earle Horton" <apodo@gracioso.usa> wrote in message
> news:i7CdnVsnNPqkekjYnZ2dnUVZ_hynnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> >I understand it also comes from the fat, but I could be wrong. They do
> >wind
> > up killing a lot of the lambs anyway, and as you must know they are
yummy.
> >
> > Earle
> >
> > "Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
> > news:Pine.NEB.4.64.0702161204440.24491@panix1.pani x.com...
> >>
> >> No it isn't. Lanolin is produced by glands in sheep hide and is
> >> harvested by pressing sheared wool. No dead baby lambs involved.
> >>
> >>
> >> Lee "I've sheared a few sheep -- but that's _all_" Ayrton
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Earle Horton wrote:
> >>
> >> > Heh, I have a tube of "Burt's Bees Beeswax Lip Balm" which advertises
> > "No
> >> > Animal Testing". One of the ingredients is "lanolin" aka "dead baby
> > lambs".
> >> > Go figure.
> >> >
> >> > Earle
> >> >
> >> > "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> >> > news:d9be8$45d5477b$422afc51$12066@FUSE.NET...
> >> >> I agree that animal testing should stop. There are a vast number
of
> >> > kooks
> >> >> out there who would be more than willing to volunteer or perhaps we
> >> >> can
> >> >> start the testing on pregnant women and infants.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "TONY" <from_tl@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:1171572338.862926.275160@l53g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> >> >>> Tony
> >> >>> Nottingham
> >> >>> England
> >> >>>
> >> >>> 15 February 2007
> >> >>>
> >> >>> TO: All People Who Care
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I am a private individual posting this message
> >> >>> to help Laboratory Animals and us all. I apologize if
> >> >>> this message is out of place in this group but I think
> >> >>> you need to know this.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> A new European Chemical Testing Policy called
> >> >>> REACH has now been finalised by the European
> >> >>> Union. Under these proposals Chemicals of every
> >> >>> kind - from those used in industrial processes to the
> >> >>> ingredients of consumer products - will be tested on
> >> >>> Millions of animals from mice to fish to dogs, causing
> >> >>> untold suffering.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Still worse, because of this reliance on outdated animal
> >> >>> techniques, reliable and relevant information will not be
> >> >>> provided and our safety will not be assured.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> If you believe that REACH should make more use of
> >> >>> Alternative Testing to test its Chemicals then please take
> >> >>> action now.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> If you are a European citizen please contact your local
> >> >>> papers and own MEP asking them to promote the
> >> >>> development of humane non-animal testing methods
> >> >>> under the REACH legislation, which is the best hope we
> >> >>> have for sparing animals the misery of a testing laboratory.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> A sample letter can be found at the BUAV (British Union
> >> >>> for the Abolition of Vivisection) website at www.BUAV.org
> >> >>> (Select Campaigns, Chemical Testing, Get Active then
> >> >>> Writing to the local press).
> >> >>>
> >> >>> For all Non-European members, you can still help.
> >> >>> Please tell all your colleagues and friends in the UK and
> >> >>> Europe about REACH.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Everyone can help and you can make a difference.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Thank You
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> --
> >> "We began to realize, as we plowed on with the destruction of New
Jersey,
> >> that the extent of our American lunatic fringe had been
underestimated."
> >> Orson Wells on the reaction to the _War Of The Worlds_ broadcast.
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>
post the Charter on you now. ;^)
Earle
"billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
news:55880$45d6324c$422afc51$21873@FUSE.NET...
> Lanolin is also known as Anhydrous Wool Fat
>
> Adeps lanae (Wool fat / Sheep fat) info view buy
> Wool fat, or anhydrous lanolin, is a purified cholesterol fat
obtained
> from the wool of the sheep, Ovis aries, Linn. (Order Ungulata). The
natural
> grease is extracted from the wool. Wool fat is closely allied to the
natural
> secretions of the skin.
>
>
>
> "Earle Horton" <apodo@gracioso.usa> wrote in message
> news:i7CdnVsnNPqkekjYnZ2dnUVZ_hynnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> >I understand it also comes from the fat, but I could be wrong. They do
> >wind
> > up killing a lot of the lambs anyway, and as you must know they are
yummy.
> >
> > Earle
> >
> > "Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
> > news:Pine.NEB.4.64.0702161204440.24491@panix1.pani x.com...
> >>
> >> No it isn't. Lanolin is produced by glands in sheep hide and is
> >> harvested by pressing sheared wool. No dead baby lambs involved.
> >>
> >>
> >> Lee "I've sheared a few sheep -- but that's _all_" Ayrton
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Earle Horton wrote:
> >>
> >> > Heh, I have a tube of "Burt's Bees Beeswax Lip Balm" which advertises
> > "No
> >> > Animal Testing". One of the ingredients is "lanolin" aka "dead baby
> > lambs".
> >> > Go figure.
> >> >
> >> > Earle
> >> >
> >> > "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> >> > news:d9be8$45d5477b$422afc51$12066@FUSE.NET...
> >> >> I agree that animal testing should stop. There are a vast number
of
> >> > kooks
> >> >> out there who would be more than willing to volunteer or perhaps we
> >> >> can
> >> >> start the testing on pregnant women and infants.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "TONY" <from_tl@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:1171572338.862926.275160@l53g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> >> >>> Tony
> >> >>> Nottingham
> >> >>> England
> >> >>>
> >> >>> 15 February 2007
> >> >>>
> >> >>> TO: All People Who Care
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I am a private individual posting this message
> >> >>> to help Laboratory Animals and us all. I apologize if
> >> >>> this message is out of place in this group but I think
> >> >>> you need to know this.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> A new European Chemical Testing Policy called
> >> >>> REACH has now been finalised by the European
> >> >>> Union. Under these proposals Chemicals of every
> >> >>> kind - from those used in industrial processes to the
> >> >>> ingredients of consumer products - will be tested on
> >> >>> Millions of animals from mice to fish to dogs, causing
> >> >>> untold suffering.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Still worse, because of this reliance on outdated animal
> >> >>> techniques, reliable and relevant information will not be
> >> >>> provided and our safety will not be assured.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> If you believe that REACH should make more use of
> >> >>> Alternative Testing to test its Chemicals then please take
> >> >>> action now.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> If you are a European citizen please contact your local
> >> >>> papers and own MEP asking them to promote the
> >> >>> development of humane non-animal testing methods
> >> >>> under the REACH legislation, which is the best hope we
> >> >>> have for sparing animals the misery of a testing laboratory.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> A sample letter can be found at the BUAV (British Union
> >> >>> for the Abolition of Vivisection) website at www.BUAV.org
> >> >>> (Select Campaigns, Chemical Testing, Get Active then
> >> >>> Writing to the local press).
> >> >>>
> >> >>> For all Non-European members, you can still help.
> >> >>> Please tell all your colleagues and friends in the UK and
> >> >>> Europe about REACH.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Everyone can help and you can make a difference.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Thank You
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> --
> >> "We began to realize, as we plowed on with the destruction of New
Jersey,
> >> that the extent of our American lunatic fringe had been
underestimated."
> >> Orson Wells on the reaction to the _War Of The Worlds_ broadcast.
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>
02-16-2007, 11:43 PM
#33
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Europe Tests Established Chemicals on Millions of Animals
My bad then, but what are you doing posting binaries here? Mike is going to
post the Charter on you now. ;^)
Earle
"billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
news:55880$45d6324c$422afc51$21873@FUSE.NET...
> Lanolin is also known as Anhydrous Wool Fat
>
> Adeps lanae (Wool fat / Sheep fat) info view buy
> Wool fat, or anhydrous lanolin, is a purified cholesterol fat
obtained
> from the wool of the sheep, Ovis aries, Linn. (Order Ungulata). The
natural
> grease is extracted from the wool. Wool fat is closely allied to the
natural
> secretions of the skin.
>
>
>
> "Earle Horton" <apodo@gracioso.usa> wrote in message
> news:i7CdnVsnNPqkekjYnZ2dnUVZ_hynnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> >I understand it also comes from the fat, but I could be wrong. They do
> >wind
> > up killing a lot of the lambs anyway, and as you must know they are
yummy.
> >
> > Earle
> >
> > "Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
> > news:Pine.NEB.4.64.0702161204440.24491@panix1.pani x.com...
> >>
> >> No it isn't. Lanolin is produced by glands in sheep hide and is
> >> harvested by pressing sheared wool. No dead baby lambs involved.
> >>
> >>
> >> Lee "I've sheared a few sheep -- but that's _all_" Ayrton
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Earle Horton wrote:
> >>
> >> > Heh, I have a tube of "Burt's Bees Beeswax Lip Balm" which advertises
> > "No
> >> > Animal Testing". One of the ingredients is "lanolin" aka "dead baby
> > lambs".
> >> > Go figure.
> >> >
> >> > Earle
> >> >
> >> > "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> >> > news:d9be8$45d5477b$422afc51$12066@FUSE.NET...
> >> >> I agree that animal testing should stop. There are a vast number
of
> >> > kooks
> >> >> out there who would be more than willing to volunteer or perhaps we
> >> >> can
> >> >> start the testing on pregnant women and infants.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "TONY" <from_tl@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:1171572338.862926.275160@l53g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> >> >>> Tony
> >> >>> Nottingham
> >> >>> England
> >> >>>
> >> >>> 15 February 2007
> >> >>>
> >> >>> TO: All People Who Care
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I am a private individual posting this message
> >> >>> to help Laboratory Animals and us all. I apologize if
> >> >>> this message is out of place in this group but I think
> >> >>> you need to know this.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> A new European Chemical Testing Policy called
> >> >>> REACH has now been finalised by the European
> >> >>> Union. Under these proposals Chemicals of every
> >> >>> kind - from those used in industrial processes to the
> >> >>> ingredients of consumer products - will be tested on
> >> >>> Millions of animals from mice to fish to dogs, causing
> >> >>> untold suffering.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Still worse, because of this reliance on outdated animal
> >> >>> techniques, reliable and relevant information will not be
> >> >>> provided and our safety will not be assured.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> If you believe that REACH should make more use of
> >> >>> Alternative Testing to test its Chemicals then please take
> >> >>> action now.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> If you are a European citizen please contact your local
> >> >>> papers and own MEP asking them to promote the
> >> >>> development of humane non-animal testing methods
> >> >>> under the REACH legislation, which is the best hope we
> >> >>> have for sparing animals the misery of a testing laboratory.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> A sample letter can be found at the BUAV (British Union
> >> >>> for the Abolition of Vivisection) website at www.BUAV.org
> >> >>> (Select Campaigns, Chemical Testing, Get Active then
> >> >>> Writing to the local press).
> >> >>>
> >> >>> For all Non-European members, you can still help.
> >> >>> Please tell all your colleagues and friends in the UK and
> >> >>> Europe about REACH.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Everyone can help and you can make a difference.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Thank You
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> --
> >> "We began to realize, as we plowed on with the destruction of New
Jersey,
> >> that the extent of our American lunatic fringe had been
underestimated."
> >> Orson Wells on the reaction to the _War Of The Worlds_ broadcast.
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>
post the Charter on you now. ;^)
Earle
"billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
news:55880$45d6324c$422afc51$21873@FUSE.NET...
> Lanolin is also known as Anhydrous Wool Fat
>
> Adeps lanae (Wool fat / Sheep fat) info view buy
> Wool fat, or anhydrous lanolin, is a purified cholesterol fat
obtained
> from the wool of the sheep, Ovis aries, Linn. (Order Ungulata). The
natural
> grease is extracted from the wool. Wool fat is closely allied to the
natural
> secretions of the skin.
>
>
>
> "Earle Horton" <apodo@gracioso.usa> wrote in message
> news:i7CdnVsnNPqkekjYnZ2dnUVZ_hynnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> >I understand it also comes from the fat, but I could be wrong. They do
> >wind
> > up killing a lot of the lambs anyway, and as you must know they are
yummy.
> >
> > Earle
> >
> > "Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
> > news:Pine.NEB.4.64.0702161204440.24491@panix1.pani x.com...
> >>
> >> No it isn't. Lanolin is produced by glands in sheep hide and is
> >> harvested by pressing sheared wool. No dead baby lambs involved.
> >>
> >>
> >> Lee "I've sheared a few sheep -- but that's _all_" Ayrton
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Earle Horton wrote:
> >>
> >> > Heh, I have a tube of "Burt's Bees Beeswax Lip Balm" which advertises
> > "No
> >> > Animal Testing". One of the ingredients is "lanolin" aka "dead baby
> > lambs".
> >> > Go figure.
> >> >
> >> > Earle
> >> >
> >> > "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> >> > news:d9be8$45d5477b$422afc51$12066@FUSE.NET...
> >> >> I agree that animal testing should stop. There are a vast number
of
> >> > kooks
> >> >> out there who would be more than willing to volunteer or perhaps we
> >> >> can
> >> >> start the testing on pregnant women and infants.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "TONY" <from_tl@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:1171572338.862926.275160@l53g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> >> >>> Tony
> >> >>> Nottingham
> >> >>> England
> >> >>>
> >> >>> 15 February 2007
> >> >>>
> >> >>> TO: All People Who Care
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I am a private individual posting this message
> >> >>> to help Laboratory Animals and us all. I apologize if
> >> >>> this message is out of place in this group but I think
> >> >>> you need to know this.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> A new European Chemical Testing Policy called
> >> >>> REACH has now been finalised by the European
> >> >>> Union. Under these proposals Chemicals of every
> >> >>> kind - from those used in industrial processes to the
> >> >>> ingredients of consumer products - will be tested on
> >> >>> Millions of animals from mice to fish to dogs, causing
> >> >>> untold suffering.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Still worse, because of this reliance on outdated animal
> >> >>> techniques, reliable and relevant information will not be
> >> >>> provided and our safety will not be assured.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> If you believe that REACH should make more use of
> >> >>> Alternative Testing to test its Chemicals then please take
> >> >>> action now.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> If you are a European citizen please contact your local
> >> >>> papers and own MEP asking them to promote the
> >> >>> development of humane non-animal testing methods
> >> >>> under the REACH legislation, which is the best hope we
> >> >>> have for sparing animals the misery of a testing laboratory.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> A sample letter can be found at the BUAV (British Union
> >> >>> for the Abolition of Vivisection) website at www.BUAV.org
> >> >>> (Select Campaigns, Chemical Testing, Get Active then
> >> >>> Writing to the local press).
> >> >>>
> >> >>> For all Non-European members, you can still help.
> >> >>> Please tell all your colleagues and friends in the UK and
> >> >>> Europe about REACH.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Everyone can help and you can make a difference.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Thank You
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> --
> >> "We began to realize, as we plowed on with the destruction of New
Jersey,
> >> that the extent of our American lunatic fringe had been
underestimated."
> >> Orson Wells on the reaction to the _War Of The Worlds_ broadcast.
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>
02-17-2007, 04:18 AM
#34
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Europe Tests Established Chemicals on Millions of Animals
I'll plead ignorance.
He knows me and will believe it.
"Earle Horton" <gracioso@usa.com> wrote in message
news:45d6875a$0$2146$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.co m...
> My bad then, but what are you doing posting binaries here? Mike is going
> to
> post the Charter on you now. ;^)
>
> Earle
>
> "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> news:55880$45d6324c$422afc51$21873@FUSE.NET...
>> Lanolin is also known as Anhydrous Wool Fat
>>
>> Adeps lanae (Wool fat / Sheep fat) info view buy
>> Wool fat, or anhydrous lanolin, is a purified cholesterol fat
> obtained
>> from the wool of the sheep, Ovis aries, Linn. (Order Ungulata). The
> natural
>> grease is extracted from the wool. Wool fat is closely allied to the
> natural
>> secretions of the skin.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Earle Horton" <apodo@gracioso.usa> wrote in message
>> news:i7CdnVsnNPqkekjYnZ2dnUVZ_hynnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> >I understand it also comes from the fat, but I could be wrong. They do
>> >wind
>> > up killing a lot of the lambs anyway, and as you must know they are
> yummy.
>> >
>> > Earle
>> >
>> > "Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
>> > news:Pine.NEB.4.64.0702161204440.24491@panix1.pani x.com...
>> >>
>> >> No it isn't. Lanolin is produced by glands in sheep hide and is
>> >> harvested by pressing sheared wool. No dead baby lambs involved.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Lee "I've sheared a few sheep -- but that's _all_" Ayrton
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Earle Horton wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Heh, I have a tube of "Burt's Bees Beeswax Lip Balm" which
>> >> > advertises
>> > "No
>> >> > Animal Testing". One of the ingredients is "lanolin" aka "dead baby
>> > lambs".
>> >> > Go figure.
>> >> >
>> >> > Earle
>> >> >
>> >> > "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
>> >> > news:d9be8$45d5477b$422afc51$12066@FUSE.NET...
>> >> >> I agree that animal testing should stop. There are a vast number
> of
>> >> > kooks
>> >> >> out there who would be more than willing to volunteer or perhaps we
>> >> >> can
>> >> >> start the testing on pregnant women and infants.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "TONY" <from_tl@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:1171572338.862926.275160@l53g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> >> >>> Tony
>> >> >>> Nottingham
>> >> >>> England
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> 15 February 2007
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> TO: All People Who Care
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I am a private individual posting this message
>> >> >>> to help Laboratory Animals and us all. I apologize if
>> >> >>> this message is out of place in this group but I think
>> >> >>> you need to know this.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> A new European Chemical Testing Policy called
>> >> >>> REACH has now been finalised by the European
>> >> >>> Union. Under these proposals Chemicals of every
>> >> >>> kind - from those used in industrial processes to the
>> >> >>> ingredients of consumer products - will be tested on
>> >> >>> Millions of animals from mice to fish to dogs, causing
>> >> >>> untold suffering.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Still worse, because of this reliance on outdated animal
>> >> >>> techniques, reliable and relevant information will not be
>> >> >>> provided and our safety will not be assured.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> If you believe that REACH should make more use of
>> >> >>> Alternative Testing to test its Chemicals then please take
>> >> >>> action now.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> If you are a European citizen please contact your local
>> >> >>> papers and own MEP asking them to promote the
>> >> >>> development of humane non-animal testing methods
>> >> >>> under the REACH legislation, which is the best hope we
>> >> >>> have for sparing animals the misery of a testing laboratory.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> A sample letter can be found at the BUAV (British Union
>> >> >>> for the Abolition of Vivisection) website at www.BUAV.org
>> >> >>> (Select Campaigns, Chemical Testing, Get Active then
>> >> >>> Writing to the local press).
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> For all Non-European members, you can still help.
>> >> >>> Please tell all your colleagues and friends in the UK and
>> >> >>> Europe about REACH.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Everyone can help and you can make a difference.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Thank You
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> "We began to realize, as we plowed on with the destruction of New
> Jersey,
>> >> that the extent of our American lunatic fringe had been
> underestimated."
>> >> Orson Wells on the reaction to the _War Of The Worlds_ broadcast.
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>
>
He knows me and will believe it.
"Earle Horton" <gracioso@usa.com> wrote in message
news:45d6875a$0$2146$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.co m...
> My bad then, but what are you doing posting binaries here? Mike is going
> to
> post the Charter on you now. ;^)
>
> Earle
>
> "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> news:55880$45d6324c$422afc51$21873@FUSE.NET...
>> Lanolin is also known as Anhydrous Wool Fat
>>
>> Adeps lanae (Wool fat / Sheep fat) info view buy
>> Wool fat, or anhydrous lanolin, is a purified cholesterol fat
> obtained
>> from the wool of the sheep, Ovis aries, Linn. (Order Ungulata). The
> natural
>> grease is extracted from the wool. Wool fat is closely allied to the
> natural
>> secretions of the skin.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Earle Horton" <apodo@gracioso.usa> wrote in message
>> news:i7CdnVsnNPqkekjYnZ2dnUVZ_hynnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> >I understand it also comes from the fat, but I could be wrong. They do
>> >wind
>> > up killing a lot of the lambs anyway, and as you must know they are
> yummy.
>> >
>> > Earle
>> >
>> > "Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
>> > news:Pine.NEB.4.64.0702161204440.24491@panix1.pani x.com...
>> >>
>> >> No it isn't. Lanolin is produced by glands in sheep hide and is
>> >> harvested by pressing sheared wool. No dead baby lambs involved.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Lee "I've sheared a few sheep -- but that's _all_" Ayrton
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Earle Horton wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Heh, I have a tube of "Burt's Bees Beeswax Lip Balm" which
>> >> > advertises
>> > "No
>> >> > Animal Testing". One of the ingredients is "lanolin" aka "dead baby
>> > lambs".
>> >> > Go figure.
>> >> >
>> >> > Earle
>> >> >
>> >> > "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
>> >> > news:d9be8$45d5477b$422afc51$12066@FUSE.NET...
>> >> >> I agree that animal testing should stop. There are a vast number
> of
>> >> > kooks
>> >> >> out there who would be more than willing to volunteer or perhaps we
>> >> >> can
>> >> >> start the testing on pregnant women and infants.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "TONY" <from_tl@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:1171572338.862926.275160@l53g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> >> >>> Tony
>> >> >>> Nottingham
>> >> >>> England
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> 15 February 2007
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> TO: All People Who Care
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I am a private individual posting this message
>> >> >>> to help Laboratory Animals and us all. I apologize if
>> >> >>> this message is out of place in this group but I think
>> >> >>> you need to know this.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> A new European Chemical Testing Policy called
>> >> >>> REACH has now been finalised by the European
>> >> >>> Union. Under these proposals Chemicals of every
>> >> >>> kind - from those used in industrial processes to the
>> >> >>> ingredients of consumer products - will be tested on
>> >> >>> Millions of animals from mice to fish to dogs, causing
>> >> >>> untold suffering.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Still worse, because of this reliance on outdated animal
>> >> >>> techniques, reliable and relevant information will not be
>> >> >>> provided and our safety will not be assured.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> If you believe that REACH should make more use of
>> >> >>> Alternative Testing to test its Chemicals then please take
>> >> >>> action now.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> If you are a European citizen please contact your local
>> >> >>> papers and own MEP asking them to promote the
>> >> >>> development of humane non-animal testing methods
>> >> >>> under the REACH legislation, which is the best hope we
>> >> >>> have for sparing animals the misery of a testing laboratory.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> A sample letter can be found at the BUAV (British Union
>> >> >>> for the Abolition of Vivisection) website at www.BUAV.org
>> >> >>> (Select Campaigns, Chemical Testing, Get Active then
>> >> >>> Writing to the local press).
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> For all Non-European members, you can still help.
>> >> >>> Please tell all your colleagues and friends in the UK and
>> >> >>> Europe about REACH.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Everyone can help and you can make a difference.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Thank You
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> "We began to realize, as we plowed on with the destruction of New
> Jersey,
>> >> that the extent of our American lunatic fringe had been
> underestimated."
>> >> Orson Wells on the reaction to the _War Of The Worlds_ broadcast.
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>
>
02-17-2007, 04:18 AM
#35
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Europe Tests Established Chemicals on Millions of Animals
I'll plead ignorance.
He knows me and will believe it.
"Earle Horton" <gracioso@usa.com> wrote in message
news:45d6875a$0$2146$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.co m...
> My bad then, but what are you doing posting binaries here? Mike is going
> to
> post the Charter on you now. ;^)
>
> Earle
>
> "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> news:55880$45d6324c$422afc51$21873@FUSE.NET...
>> Lanolin is also known as Anhydrous Wool Fat
>>
>> Adeps lanae (Wool fat / Sheep fat) info view buy
>> Wool fat, or anhydrous lanolin, is a purified cholesterol fat
> obtained
>> from the wool of the sheep, Ovis aries, Linn. (Order Ungulata). The
> natural
>> grease is extracted from the wool. Wool fat is closely allied to the
> natural
>> secretions of the skin.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Earle Horton" <apodo@gracioso.usa> wrote in message
>> news:i7CdnVsnNPqkekjYnZ2dnUVZ_hynnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> >I understand it also comes from the fat, but I could be wrong. They do
>> >wind
>> > up killing a lot of the lambs anyway, and as you must know they are
> yummy.
>> >
>> > Earle
>> >
>> > "Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
>> > news:Pine.NEB.4.64.0702161204440.24491@panix1.pani x.com...
>> >>
>> >> No it isn't. Lanolin is produced by glands in sheep hide and is
>> >> harvested by pressing sheared wool. No dead baby lambs involved.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Lee "I've sheared a few sheep -- but that's _all_" Ayrton
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Earle Horton wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Heh, I have a tube of "Burt's Bees Beeswax Lip Balm" which
>> >> > advertises
>> > "No
>> >> > Animal Testing". One of the ingredients is "lanolin" aka "dead baby
>> > lambs".
>> >> > Go figure.
>> >> >
>> >> > Earle
>> >> >
>> >> > "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
>> >> > news:d9be8$45d5477b$422afc51$12066@FUSE.NET...
>> >> >> I agree that animal testing should stop. There are a vast number
> of
>> >> > kooks
>> >> >> out there who would be more than willing to volunteer or perhaps we
>> >> >> can
>> >> >> start the testing on pregnant women and infants.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "TONY" <from_tl@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:1171572338.862926.275160@l53g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> >> >>> Tony
>> >> >>> Nottingham
>> >> >>> England
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> 15 February 2007
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> TO: All People Who Care
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I am a private individual posting this message
>> >> >>> to help Laboratory Animals and us all. I apologize if
>> >> >>> this message is out of place in this group but I think
>> >> >>> you need to know this.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> A new European Chemical Testing Policy called
>> >> >>> REACH has now been finalised by the European
>> >> >>> Union. Under these proposals Chemicals of every
>> >> >>> kind - from those used in industrial processes to the
>> >> >>> ingredients of consumer products - will be tested on
>> >> >>> Millions of animals from mice to fish to dogs, causing
>> >> >>> untold suffering.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Still worse, because of this reliance on outdated animal
>> >> >>> techniques, reliable and relevant information will not be
>> >> >>> provided and our safety will not be assured.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> If you believe that REACH should make more use of
>> >> >>> Alternative Testing to test its Chemicals then please take
>> >> >>> action now.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> If you are a European citizen please contact your local
>> >> >>> papers and own MEP asking them to promote the
>> >> >>> development of humane non-animal testing methods
>> >> >>> under the REACH legislation, which is the best hope we
>> >> >>> have for sparing animals the misery of a testing laboratory.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> A sample letter can be found at the BUAV (British Union
>> >> >>> for the Abolition of Vivisection) website at www.BUAV.org
>> >> >>> (Select Campaigns, Chemical Testing, Get Active then
>> >> >>> Writing to the local press).
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> For all Non-European members, you can still help.
>> >> >>> Please tell all your colleagues and friends in the UK and
>> >> >>> Europe about REACH.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Everyone can help and you can make a difference.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Thank You
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> "We began to realize, as we plowed on with the destruction of New
> Jersey,
>> >> that the extent of our American lunatic fringe had been
> underestimated."
>> >> Orson Wells on the reaction to the _War Of The Worlds_ broadcast.
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>
>
He knows me and will believe it.
"Earle Horton" <gracioso@usa.com> wrote in message
news:45d6875a$0$2146$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.co m...
> My bad then, but what are you doing posting binaries here? Mike is going
> to
> post the Charter on you now. ;^)
>
> Earle
>
> "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> news:55880$45d6324c$422afc51$21873@FUSE.NET...
>> Lanolin is also known as Anhydrous Wool Fat
>>
>> Adeps lanae (Wool fat / Sheep fat) info view buy
>> Wool fat, or anhydrous lanolin, is a purified cholesterol fat
> obtained
>> from the wool of the sheep, Ovis aries, Linn. (Order Ungulata). The
> natural
>> grease is extracted from the wool. Wool fat is closely allied to the
> natural
>> secretions of the skin.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Earle Horton" <apodo@gracioso.usa> wrote in message
>> news:i7CdnVsnNPqkekjYnZ2dnUVZ_hynnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> >I understand it also comes from the fat, but I could be wrong. They do
>> >wind
>> > up killing a lot of the lambs anyway, and as you must know they are
> yummy.
>> >
>> > Earle
>> >
>> > "Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
>> > news:Pine.NEB.4.64.0702161204440.24491@panix1.pani x.com...
>> >>
>> >> No it isn't. Lanolin is produced by glands in sheep hide and is
>> >> harvested by pressing sheared wool. No dead baby lambs involved.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Lee "I've sheared a few sheep -- but that's _all_" Ayrton
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Earle Horton wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Heh, I have a tube of "Burt's Bees Beeswax Lip Balm" which
>> >> > advertises
>> > "No
>> >> > Animal Testing". One of the ingredients is "lanolin" aka "dead baby
>> > lambs".
>> >> > Go figure.
>> >> >
>> >> > Earle
>> >> >
>> >> > "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
>> >> > news:d9be8$45d5477b$422afc51$12066@FUSE.NET...
>> >> >> I agree that animal testing should stop. There are a vast number
> of
>> >> > kooks
>> >> >> out there who would be more than willing to volunteer or perhaps we
>> >> >> can
>> >> >> start the testing on pregnant women and infants.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "TONY" <from_tl@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:1171572338.862926.275160@l53g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> >> >>> Tony
>> >> >>> Nottingham
>> >> >>> England
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> 15 February 2007
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> TO: All People Who Care
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I am a private individual posting this message
>> >> >>> to help Laboratory Animals and us all. I apologize if
>> >> >>> this message is out of place in this group but I think
>> >> >>> you need to know this.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> A new European Chemical Testing Policy called
>> >> >>> REACH has now been finalised by the European
>> >> >>> Union. Under these proposals Chemicals of every
>> >> >>> kind - from those used in industrial processes to the
>> >> >>> ingredients of consumer products - will be tested on
>> >> >>> Millions of animals from mice to fish to dogs, causing
>> >> >>> untold suffering.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Still worse, because of this reliance on outdated animal
>> >> >>> techniques, reliable and relevant information will not be
>> >> >>> provided and our safety will not be assured.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> If you believe that REACH should make more use of
>> >> >>> Alternative Testing to test its Chemicals then please take
>> >> >>> action now.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> If you are a European citizen please contact your local
>> >> >>> papers and own MEP asking them to promote the
>> >> >>> development of humane non-animal testing methods
>> >> >>> under the REACH legislation, which is the best hope we
>> >> >>> have for sparing animals the misery of a testing laboratory.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> A sample letter can be found at the BUAV (British Union
>> >> >>> for the Abolition of Vivisection) website at www.BUAV.org
>> >> >>> (Select Campaigns, Chemical Testing, Get Active then
>> >> >>> Writing to the local press).
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> For all Non-European members, you can still help.
>> >> >>> Please tell all your colleagues and friends in the UK and
>> >> >>> Europe about REACH.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Everyone can help and you can make a difference.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Thank You
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> "We began to realize, as we plowed on with the destruction of New
> Jersey,
>> >> that the extent of our American lunatic fringe had been
> underestimated."
>> >> Orson Wells on the reaction to the _War Of The Worlds_ broadcast.
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>
>
02-17-2007, 04:18 AM
#36
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Europe Tests Established Chemicals on Millions of Animals
I'll plead ignorance.
He knows me and will believe it.
"Earle Horton" <gracioso@usa.com> wrote in message
news:45d6875a$0$2146$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.co m...
> My bad then, but what are you doing posting binaries here? Mike is going
> to
> post the Charter on you now. ;^)
>
> Earle
>
> "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> news:55880$45d6324c$422afc51$21873@FUSE.NET...
>> Lanolin is also known as Anhydrous Wool Fat
>>
>> Adeps lanae (Wool fat / Sheep fat) info view buy
>> Wool fat, or anhydrous lanolin, is a purified cholesterol fat
> obtained
>> from the wool of the sheep, Ovis aries, Linn. (Order Ungulata). The
> natural
>> grease is extracted from the wool. Wool fat is closely allied to the
> natural
>> secretions of the skin.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Earle Horton" <apodo@gracioso.usa> wrote in message
>> news:i7CdnVsnNPqkekjYnZ2dnUVZ_hynnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> >I understand it also comes from the fat, but I could be wrong. They do
>> >wind
>> > up killing a lot of the lambs anyway, and as you must know they are
> yummy.
>> >
>> > Earle
>> >
>> > "Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
>> > news:Pine.NEB.4.64.0702161204440.24491@panix1.pani x.com...
>> >>
>> >> No it isn't. Lanolin is produced by glands in sheep hide and is
>> >> harvested by pressing sheared wool. No dead baby lambs involved.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Lee "I've sheared a few sheep -- but that's _all_" Ayrton
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Earle Horton wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Heh, I have a tube of "Burt's Bees Beeswax Lip Balm" which
>> >> > advertises
>> > "No
>> >> > Animal Testing". One of the ingredients is "lanolin" aka "dead baby
>> > lambs".
>> >> > Go figure.
>> >> >
>> >> > Earle
>> >> >
>> >> > "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
>> >> > news:d9be8$45d5477b$422afc51$12066@FUSE.NET...
>> >> >> I agree that animal testing should stop. There are a vast number
> of
>> >> > kooks
>> >> >> out there who would be more than willing to volunteer or perhaps we
>> >> >> can
>> >> >> start the testing on pregnant women and infants.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "TONY" <from_tl@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:1171572338.862926.275160@l53g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> >> >>> Tony
>> >> >>> Nottingham
>> >> >>> England
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> 15 February 2007
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> TO: All People Who Care
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I am a private individual posting this message
>> >> >>> to help Laboratory Animals and us all. I apologize if
>> >> >>> this message is out of place in this group but I think
>> >> >>> you need to know this.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> A new European Chemical Testing Policy called
>> >> >>> REACH has now been finalised by the European
>> >> >>> Union. Under these proposals Chemicals of every
>> >> >>> kind - from those used in industrial processes to the
>> >> >>> ingredients of consumer products - will be tested on
>> >> >>> Millions of animals from mice to fish to dogs, causing
>> >> >>> untold suffering.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Still worse, because of this reliance on outdated animal
>> >> >>> techniques, reliable and relevant information will not be
>> >> >>> provided and our safety will not be assured.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> If you believe that REACH should make more use of
>> >> >>> Alternative Testing to test its Chemicals then please take
>> >> >>> action now.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> If you are a European citizen please contact your local
>> >> >>> papers and own MEP asking them to promote the
>> >> >>> development of humane non-animal testing methods
>> >> >>> under the REACH legislation, which is the best hope we
>> >> >>> have for sparing animals the misery of a testing laboratory.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> A sample letter can be found at the BUAV (British Union
>> >> >>> for the Abolition of Vivisection) website at www.BUAV.org
>> >> >>> (Select Campaigns, Chemical Testing, Get Active then
>> >> >>> Writing to the local press).
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> For all Non-European members, you can still help.
>> >> >>> Please tell all your colleagues and friends in the UK and
>> >> >>> Europe about REACH.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Everyone can help and you can make a difference.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Thank You
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> "We began to realize, as we plowed on with the destruction of New
> Jersey,
>> >> that the extent of our American lunatic fringe had been
> underestimated."
>> >> Orson Wells on the reaction to the _War Of The Worlds_ broadcast.
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>
>
He knows me and will believe it.
"Earle Horton" <gracioso@usa.com> wrote in message
news:45d6875a$0$2146$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.co m...
> My bad then, but what are you doing posting binaries here? Mike is going
> to
> post the Charter on you now. ;^)
>
> Earle
>
> "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> news:55880$45d6324c$422afc51$21873@FUSE.NET...
>> Lanolin is also known as Anhydrous Wool Fat
>>
>> Adeps lanae (Wool fat / Sheep fat) info view buy
>> Wool fat, or anhydrous lanolin, is a purified cholesterol fat
> obtained
>> from the wool of the sheep, Ovis aries, Linn. (Order Ungulata). The
> natural
>> grease is extracted from the wool. Wool fat is closely allied to the
> natural
>> secretions of the skin.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Earle Horton" <apodo@gracioso.usa> wrote in message
>> news:i7CdnVsnNPqkekjYnZ2dnUVZ_hynnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> >I understand it also comes from the fat, but I could be wrong. They do
>> >wind
>> > up killing a lot of the lambs anyway, and as you must know they are
> yummy.
>> >
>> > Earle
>> >
>> > "Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
>> > news:Pine.NEB.4.64.0702161204440.24491@panix1.pani x.com...
>> >>
>> >> No it isn't. Lanolin is produced by glands in sheep hide and is
>> >> harvested by pressing sheared wool. No dead baby lambs involved.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Lee "I've sheared a few sheep -- but that's _all_" Ayrton
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Earle Horton wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Heh, I have a tube of "Burt's Bees Beeswax Lip Balm" which
>> >> > advertises
>> > "No
>> >> > Animal Testing". One of the ingredients is "lanolin" aka "dead baby
>> > lambs".
>> >> > Go figure.
>> >> >
>> >> > Earle
>> >> >
>> >> > "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
>> >> > news:d9be8$45d5477b$422afc51$12066@FUSE.NET...
>> >> >> I agree that animal testing should stop. There are a vast number
> of
>> >> > kooks
>> >> >> out there who would be more than willing to volunteer or perhaps we
>> >> >> can
>> >> >> start the testing on pregnant women and infants.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "TONY" <from_tl@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:1171572338.862926.275160@l53g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> >> >>> Tony
>> >> >>> Nottingham
>> >> >>> England
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> 15 February 2007
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> TO: All People Who Care
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I am a private individual posting this message
>> >> >>> to help Laboratory Animals and us all. I apologize if
>> >> >>> this message is out of place in this group but I think
>> >> >>> you need to know this.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> A new European Chemical Testing Policy called
>> >> >>> REACH has now been finalised by the European
>> >> >>> Union. Under these proposals Chemicals of every
>> >> >>> kind - from those used in industrial processes to the
>> >> >>> ingredients of consumer products - will be tested on
>> >> >>> Millions of animals from mice to fish to dogs, causing
>> >> >>> untold suffering.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Still worse, because of this reliance on outdated animal
>> >> >>> techniques, reliable and relevant information will not be
>> >> >>> provided and our safety will not be assured.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> If you believe that REACH should make more use of
>> >> >>> Alternative Testing to test its Chemicals then please take
>> >> >>> action now.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> If you are a European citizen please contact your local
>> >> >>> papers and own MEP asking them to promote the
>> >> >>> development of humane non-animal testing methods
>> >> >>> under the REACH legislation, which is the best hope we
>> >> >>> have for sparing animals the misery of a testing laboratory.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> A sample letter can be found at the BUAV (British Union
>> >> >>> for the Abolition of Vivisection) website at www.BUAV.org
>> >> >>> (Select Campaigns, Chemical Testing, Get Active then
>> >> >>> Writing to the local press).
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> For all Non-European members, you can still help.
>> >> >>> Please tell all your colleagues and friends in the UK and
>> >> >>> Europe about REACH.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Everyone can help and you can make a difference.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Thank You
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> "We began to realize, as we plowed on with the destruction of New
> Jersey,
>> >> that the extent of our American lunatic fringe had been
> underestimated."
>> >> Orson Wells on the reaction to the _War Of The Worlds_ broadcast.
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>
>
02-17-2007, 04:18 AM
#37
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Europe Tests Established Chemicals on Millions of Animals
I'll plead ignorance.
He knows me and will believe it.
"Earle Horton" <gracioso@usa.com> wrote in message
news:45d6875a$0$2146$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.co m...
> My bad then, but what are you doing posting binaries here? Mike is going
> to
> post the Charter on you now. ;^)
>
> Earle
>
> "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> news:55880$45d6324c$422afc51$21873@FUSE.NET...
>> Lanolin is also known as Anhydrous Wool Fat
>>
>> Adeps lanae (Wool fat / Sheep fat) info view buy
>> Wool fat, or anhydrous lanolin, is a purified cholesterol fat
> obtained
>> from the wool of the sheep, Ovis aries, Linn. (Order Ungulata). The
> natural
>> grease is extracted from the wool. Wool fat is closely allied to the
> natural
>> secretions of the skin.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Earle Horton" <apodo@gracioso.usa> wrote in message
>> news:i7CdnVsnNPqkekjYnZ2dnUVZ_hynnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> >I understand it also comes from the fat, but I could be wrong. They do
>> >wind
>> > up killing a lot of the lambs anyway, and as you must know they are
> yummy.
>> >
>> > Earle
>> >
>> > "Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
>> > news:Pine.NEB.4.64.0702161204440.24491@panix1.pani x.com...
>> >>
>> >> No it isn't. Lanolin is produced by glands in sheep hide and is
>> >> harvested by pressing sheared wool. No dead baby lambs involved.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Lee "I've sheared a few sheep -- but that's _all_" Ayrton
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Earle Horton wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Heh, I have a tube of "Burt's Bees Beeswax Lip Balm" which
>> >> > advertises
>> > "No
>> >> > Animal Testing". One of the ingredients is "lanolin" aka "dead baby
>> > lambs".
>> >> > Go figure.
>> >> >
>> >> > Earle
>> >> >
>> >> > "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
>> >> > news:d9be8$45d5477b$422afc51$12066@FUSE.NET...
>> >> >> I agree that animal testing should stop. There are a vast number
> of
>> >> > kooks
>> >> >> out there who would be more than willing to volunteer or perhaps we
>> >> >> can
>> >> >> start the testing on pregnant women and infants.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "TONY" <from_tl@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:1171572338.862926.275160@l53g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> >> >>> Tony
>> >> >>> Nottingham
>> >> >>> England
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> 15 February 2007
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> TO: All People Who Care
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I am a private individual posting this message
>> >> >>> to help Laboratory Animals and us all. I apologize if
>> >> >>> this message is out of place in this group but I think
>> >> >>> you need to know this.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> A new European Chemical Testing Policy called
>> >> >>> REACH has now been finalised by the European
>> >> >>> Union. Under these proposals Chemicals of every
>> >> >>> kind - from those used in industrial processes to the
>> >> >>> ingredients of consumer products - will be tested on
>> >> >>> Millions of animals from mice to fish to dogs, causing
>> >> >>> untold suffering.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Still worse, because of this reliance on outdated animal
>> >> >>> techniques, reliable and relevant information will not be
>> >> >>> provided and our safety will not be assured.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> If you believe that REACH should make more use of
>> >> >>> Alternative Testing to test its Chemicals then please take
>> >> >>> action now.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> If you are a European citizen please contact your local
>> >> >>> papers and own MEP asking them to promote the
>> >> >>> development of humane non-animal testing methods
>> >> >>> under the REACH legislation, which is the best hope we
>> >> >>> have for sparing animals the misery of a testing laboratory.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> A sample letter can be found at the BUAV (British Union
>> >> >>> for the Abolition of Vivisection) website at www.BUAV.org
>> >> >>> (Select Campaigns, Chemical Testing, Get Active then
>> >> >>> Writing to the local press).
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> For all Non-European members, you can still help.
>> >> >>> Please tell all your colleagues and friends in the UK and
>> >> >>> Europe about REACH.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Everyone can help and you can make a difference.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Thank You
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> "We began to realize, as we plowed on with the destruction of New
> Jersey,
>> >> that the extent of our American lunatic fringe had been
> underestimated."
>> >> Orson Wells on the reaction to the _War Of The Worlds_ broadcast.
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>
>
He knows me and will believe it.
"Earle Horton" <gracioso@usa.com> wrote in message
news:45d6875a$0$2146$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.co m...
> My bad then, but what are you doing posting binaries here? Mike is going
> to
> post the Charter on you now. ;^)
>
> Earle
>
> "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> news:55880$45d6324c$422afc51$21873@FUSE.NET...
>> Lanolin is also known as Anhydrous Wool Fat
>>
>> Adeps lanae (Wool fat / Sheep fat) info view buy
>> Wool fat, or anhydrous lanolin, is a purified cholesterol fat
> obtained
>> from the wool of the sheep, Ovis aries, Linn. (Order Ungulata). The
> natural
>> grease is extracted from the wool. Wool fat is closely allied to the
> natural
>> secretions of the skin.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Earle Horton" <apodo@gracioso.usa> wrote in message
>> news:i7CdnVsnNPqkekjYnZ2dnUVZ_hynnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> >I understand it also comes from the fat, but I could be wrong. They do
>> >wind
>> > up killing a lot of the lambs anyway, and as you must know they are
> yummy.
>> >
>> > Earle
>> >
>> > "Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
>> > news:Pine.NEB.4.64.0702161204440.24491@panix1.pani x.com...
>> >>
>> >> No it isn't. Lanolin is produced by glands in sheep hide and is
>> >> harvested by pressing sheared wool. No dead baby lambs involved.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Lee "I've sheared a few sheep -- but that's _all_" Ayrton
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Earle Horton wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Heh, I have a tube of "Burt's Bees Beeswax Lip Balm" which
>> >> > advertises
>> > "No
>> >> > Animal Testing". One of the ingredients is "lanolin" aka "dead baby
>> > lambs".
>> >> > Go figure.
>> >> >
>> >> > Earle
>> >> >
>> >> > "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
>> >> > news:d9be8$45d5477b$422afc51$12066@FUSE.NET...
>> >> >> I agree that animal testing should stop. There are a vast number
> of
>> >> > kooks
>> >> >> out there who would be more than willing to volunteer or perhaps we
>> >> >> can
>> >> >> start the testing on pregnant women and infants.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "TONY" <from_tl@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:1171572338.862926.275160@l53g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> >> >>> Tony
>> >> >>> Nottingham
>> >> >>> England
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> 15 February 2007
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> TO: All People Who Care
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I am a private individual posting this message
>> >> >>> to help Laboratory Animals and us all. I apologize if
>> >> >>> this message is out of place in this group but I think
>> >> >>> you need to know this.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> A new European Chemical Testing Policy called
>> >> >>> REACH has now been finalised by the European
>> >> >>> Union. Under these proposals Chemicals of every
>> >> >>> kind - from those used in industrial processes to the
>> >> >>> ingredients of consumer products - will be tested on
>> >> >>> Millions of animals from mice to fish to dogs, causing
>> >> >>> untold suffering.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Still worse, because of this reliance on outdated animal
>> >> >>> techniques, reliable and relevant information will not be
>> >> >>> provided and our safety will not be assured.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> If you believe that REACH should make more use of
>> >> >>> Alternative Testing to test its Chemicals then please take
>> >> >>> action now.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> If you are a European citizen please contact your local
>> >> >>> papers and own MEP asking them to promote the
>> >> >>> development of humane non-animal testing methods
>> >> >>> under the REACH legislation, which is the best hope we
>> >> >>> have for sparing animals the misery of a testing laboratory.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> A sample letter can be found at the BUAV (British Union
>> >> >>> for the Abolition of Vivisection) website at www.BUAV.org
>> >> >>> (Select Campaigns, Chemical Testing, Get Active then
>> >> >>> Writing to the local press).
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> For all Non-European members, you can still help.
>> >> >>> Please tell all your colleagues and friends in the UK and
>> >> >>> Europe about REACH.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Everyone can help and you can make a difference.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Thank You
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> "We began to realize, as we plowed on with the destruction of New
> Jersey,
>> >> that the extent of our American lunatic fringe had been
> underestimated."
>> >> Orson Wells on the reaction to the _War Of The Worlds_ broadcast.
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>
>
02-17-2007, 09:04 AM
#38
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Europe Tests Established Chemicals on Millions of Animals
I whole heartedly agree - clearly the solution is to test on humans instead.
Perhaps that could be outsourced to India and China ?
Dave Milne, Scotland
"TONY" <from_tl@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1171572338.862926.275160@l53g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> Tony
> Nottingham
> England
>
> 15 February 2007
>
> TO: All People Who Care
>
> I am a private individual posting this message
> to help Laboratory Animals and us all. I apologize if
> this message is out of place in this group but I think
> you need to know this.
>
> A new European Chemical Testing Policy called
> REACH has now been finalised by the European
> Union. Under these proposals Chemicals of every
> kind - from those used in industrial processes to the
> ingredients of consumer products - will be tested on
> Millions of animals from mice to fish to dogs, causing
> untold suffering.
>
> Still worse, because of this reliance on outdated animal
> techniques, reliable and relevant information will not be
> provided and our safety will not be assured.
>
> If you believe that REACH should make more use of
> Alternative Testing to test its Chemicals then please take
> action now.
>
> If you are a European citizen please contact your local
> papers and own MEP asking them to promote the
> development of humane non-animal testing methods
> under the REACH legislation, which is the best hope we
> have for sparing animals the misery of a testing laboratory.
>
> A sample letter can be found at the BUAV (British Union
> for the Abolition of Vivisection) website at www.BUAV.org
> (Select Campaigns, Chemical Testing, Get Active then
> Writing to the local press).
>
> For all Non-European members, you can still help.
> Please tell all your colleagues and friends in the UK and
> Europe about REACH.
>
> Everyone can help and you can make a difference.
>
> Thank You
>
Perhaps that could be outsourced to India and China ?
Dave Milne, Scotland
"TONY" <from_tl@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1171572338.862926.275160@l53g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> Tony
> Nottingham
> England
>
> 15 February 2007
>
> TO: All People Who Care
>
> I am a private individual posting this message
> to help Laboratory Animals and us all. I apologize if
> this message is out of place in this group but I think
> you need to know this.
>
> A new European Chemical Testing Policy called
> REACH has now been finalised by the European
> Union. Under these proposals Chemicals of every
> kind - from those used in industrial processes to the
> ingredients of consumer products - will be tested on
> Millions of animals from mice to fish to dogs, causing
> untold suffering.
>
> Still worse, because of this reliance on outdated animal
> techniques, reliable and relevant information will not be
> provided and our safety will not be assured.
>
> If you believe that REACH should make more use of
> Alternative Testing to test its Chemicals then please take
> action now.
>
> If you are a European citizen please contact your local
> papers and own MEP asking them to promote the
> development of humane non-animal testing methods
> under the REACH legislation, which is the best hope we
> have for sparing animals the misery of a testing laboratory.
>
> A sample letter can be found at the BUAV (British Union
> for the Abolition of Vivisection) website at www.BUAV.org
> (Select Campaigns, Chemical Testing, Get Active then
> Writing to the local press).
>
> For all Non-European members, you can still help.
> Please tell all your colleagues and friends in the UK and
> Europe about REACH.
>
> Everyone can help and you can make a difference.
>
> Thank You
>
02-17-2007, 09:04 AM
#39
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Europe Tests Established Chemicals on Millions of Animals
I whole heartedly agree - clearly the solution is to test on humans instead.
Perhaps that could be outsourced to India and China ?
Dave Milne, Scotland
"TONY" <from_tl@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1171572338.862926.275160@l53g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> Tony
> Nottingham
> England
>
> 15 February 2007
>
> TO: All People Who Care
>
> I am a private individual posting this message
> to help Laboratory Animals and us all. I apologize if
> this message is out of place in this group but I think
> you need to know this.
>
> A new European Chemical Testing Policy called
> REACH has now been finalised by the European
> Union. Under these proposals Chemicals of every
> kind - from those used in industrial processes to the
> ingredients of consumer products - will be tested on
> Millions of animals from mice to fish to dogs, causing
> untold suffering.
>
> Still worse, because of this reliance on outdated animal
> techniques, reliable and relevant information will not be
> provided and our safety will not be assured.
>
> If you believe that REACH should make more use of
> Alternative Testing to test its Chemicals then please take
> action now.
>
> If you are a European citizen please contact your local
> papers and own MEP asking them to promote the
> development of humane non-animal testing methods
> under the REACH legislation, which is the best hope we
> have for sparing animals the misery of a testing laboratory.
>
> A sample letter can be found at the BUAV (British Union
> for the Abolition of Vivisection) website at www.BUAV.org
> (Select Campaigns, Chemical Testing, Get Active then
> Writing to the local press).
>
> For all Non-European members, you can still help.
> Please tell all your colleagues and friends in the UK and
> Europe about REACH.
>
> Everyone can help and you can make a difference.
>
> Thank You
>
Perhaps that could be outsourced to India and China ?
Dave Milne, Scotland
"TONY" <from_tl@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1171572338.862926.275160@l53g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> Tony
> Nottingham
> England
>
> 15 February 2007
>
> TO: All People Who Care
>
> I am a private individual posting this message
> to help Laboratory Animals and us all. I apologize if
> this message is out of place in this group but I think
> you need to know this.
>
> A new European Chemical Testing Policy called
> REACH has now been finalised by the European
> Union. Under these proposals Chemicals of every
> kind - from those used in industrial processes to the
> ingredients of consumer products - will be tested on
> Millions of animals from mice to fish to dogs, causing
> untold suffering.
>
> Still worse, because of this reliance on outdated animal
> techniques, reliable and relevant information will not be
> provided and our safety will not be assured.
>
> If you believe that REACH should make more use of
> Alternative Testing to test its Chemicals then please take
> action now.
>
> If you are a European citizen please contact your local
> papers and own MEP asking them to promote the
> development of humane non-animal testing methods
> under the REACH legislation, which is the best hope we
> have for sparing animals the misery of a testing laboratory.
>
> A sample letter can be found at the BUAV (British Union
> for the Abolition of Vivisection) website at www.BUAV.org
> (Select Campaigns, Chemical Testing, Get Active then
> Writing to the local press).
>
> For all Non-European members, you can still help.
> Please tell all your colleagues and friends in the UK and
> Europe about REACH.
>
> Everyone can help and you can make a difference.
>
> Thank You
>
02-17-2007, 09:04 AM
#40
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Europe Tests Established Chemicals on Millions of Animals
I whole heartedly agree - clearly the solution is to test on humans instead.
Perhaps that could be outsourced to India and China ?
Dave Milne, Scotland
"TONY" <from_tl@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1171572338.862926.275160@l53g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> Tony
> Nottingham
> England
>
> 15 February 2007
>
> TO: All People Who Care
>
> I am a private individual posting this message
> to help Laboratory Animals and us all. I apologize if
> this message is out of place in this group but I think
> you need to know this.
>
> A new European Chemical Testing Policy called
> REACH has now been finalised by the European
> Union. Under these proposals Chemicals of every
> kind - from those used in industrial processes to the
> ingredients of consumer products - will be tested on
> Millions of animals from mice to fish to dogs, causing
> untold suffering.
>
> Still worse, because of this reliance on outdated animal
> techniques, reliable and relevant information will not be
> provided and our safety will not be assured.
>
> If you believe that REACH should make more use of
> Alternative Testing to test its Chemicals then please take
> action now.
>
> If you are a European citizen please contact your local
> papers and own MEP asking them to promote the
> development of humane non-animal testing methods
> under the REACH legislation, which is the best hope we
> have for sparing animals the misery of a testing laboratory.
>
> A sample letter can be found at the BUAV (British Union
> for the Abolition of Vivisection) website at www.BUAV.org
> (Select Campaigns, Chemical Testing, Get Active then
> Writing to the local press).
>
> For all Non-European members, you can still help.
> Please tell all your colleagues and friends in the UK and
> Europe about REACH.
>
> Everyone can help and you can make a difference.
>
> Thank You
>
Perhaps that could be outsourced to India and China ?
Dave Milne, Scotland
"TONY" <from_tl@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1171572338.862926.275160@l53g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> Tony
> Nottingham
> England
>
> 15 February 2007
>
> TO: All People Who Care
>
> I am a private individual posting this message
> to help Laboratory Animals and us all. I apologize if
> this message is out of place in this group but I think
> you need to know this.
>
> A new European Chemical Testing Policy called
> REACH has now been finalised by the European
> Union. Under these proposals Chemicals of every
> kind - from those used in industrial processes to the
> ingredients of consumer products - will be tested on
> Millions of animals from mice to fish to dogs, causing
> untold suffering.
>
> Still worse, because of this reliance on outdated animal
> techniques, reliable and relevant information will not be
> provided and our safety will not be assured.
>
> If you believe that REACH should make more use of
> Alternative Testing to test its Chemicals then please take
> action now.
>
> If you are a European citizen please contact your local
> papers and own MEP asking them to promote the
> development of humane non-animal testing methods
> under the REACH legislation, which is the best hope we
> have for sparing animals the misery of a testing laboratory.
>
> A sample letter can be found at the BUAV (British Union
> for the Abolition of Vivisection) website at www.BUAV.org
> (Select Campaigns, Chemical Testing, Get Active then
> Writing to the local press).
>
> For all Non-European members, you can still help.
> Please tell all your colleagues and friends in the UK and
> Europe about REACH.
>
> Everyone can help and you can make a difference.
>
> Thank You
>