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Alternatives to Animal Testing ing the Approximate Lethal Dose and the Technology Assessment released a land- Up and Down Method, have rendered the mark 441-page report, "Alternatives to classical method obsolete. Other modifica- Animal Use in Research, Testing and tions of the classical method are refinement Education". alternatives as well as reduction alterna- Corporations and trade associations are tives. The Fixed Dose Procedure and the increasingly supporting alternatives Limit Test involve fewer animals and, research in-house and at such institutions because they avoid poisoning animals to as the Johns Hopkins Center for death, lessen any resulting pain and suffer- Alternatives to Animal Testing. Several Australia: Humane Society International, Inc., Australia PO Box 302, Avalon, NSW 2107 Phone: (02) 973 1728 Fax: (02) 973 1729 Campaign Against Fraudulent Medical ing. major corporations, including Avon and Research Revlon, have completely replaced animal PO Box 234, Lawson, NSW 2783 WHAT ARE SOME SIGNS THAT testing of their products with alternative Phone/Fax: (047) 58 6822 ALTERNATIVES ARE STARTING TO BE methods. TAKEN SERIO! t : a USLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE? Guardians—A Group Exposing In the USA, Animal Welfare Act amend- Manufacturers, regulatory agencies and | |” Vivisection . ments enacted in 1985 mandate (a) the cre- testing companies should endorse the three- PO Box 59, — South, Vic ation of an information service to promote Rs approach, aid the development of alter- alternative methods, (b) training in alterna- native testing methods, and implement tive methods for laboratory workers, and _ these methods whenever possible. Phone: (03) 386 3778 Fax: (03) 386 3778 (c) a review of proposed animal experi- Public and private organisations that Hotline: 0055 10575 ments to ensure that the principles of the fund research should endorse the three Rs, three Rs are being applied. fund research that employs alternatives, The Health Research Extension Act, and underwrite research aimed at develop- USA: passed in 1985, requires the NIH, the feder- _ ing alternative methods. The Humane Society of the United al government's largest funding source for Consumers and investors should ‘vote States biomedical research, to promote alternative with their pocketbooks’ by buying from 2100 L Street, NW, Washington, DC methods. The NIH has implemented a spe- companies that embrace the three Rs. 20037 cial program, albeit modest, that funds A list of cosmetic companies that market research based on alternatives. products not tested on animals is available In 1986 the Congressional Office of from any of the following groups. oo Phone: (202) 452 1100 PO Box 234, Lawson, NSW 2783 Phone/Fax: (047) 58 6822 WHAT ARE SOME SIGNS THAT ALTERNATIVES ARE STARTING TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY? Guardians—A Group Exposing Vivisection Phone: (03) 386 3778 Fax: (03) 386 3778 Hotline: 0055 10575 tL