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Thursday 21 January 2021
A new report in the British Medical Journal has pointed to a “systemic failure” in the use of animal studies.
It bucks a national trend that saw a reduction in animal testing in 2016.
Experiments included “inducing cancer in animals… and acute poisoning tests that stop just short of death.”
A total of 3,000 rats and 21,000 mice were used in Trinity College Dublin in 2016 alone.
China requires animal testing on certain products, meaning Nars will no longer be cruelty-free.
Animals used in scientific procedures included rabbits, dogs, pigs and ferrets.
The cosmetics directive, introduced in 2004, takes full effect today – banning animal testing on cosmetics within the EU.
A NATIONAL VOLUNTARY collection for survivors of mother and baby homes has been suggested by independent senator Rónán Mullen.
The government is drawing up a redress scheme for survivors on foot of the publication of the final report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation last week.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that religious organisations should “make a contribution” towards this scheme.
Speaking in the Seanad yesterday, Mullen said the country should consider “whether it would be appropriate to have some kind of national voluntary contribution as part of a redress package to reflect the social and community dimension to this story, along with Church and State contributions”.
“We are all connected with families who are in some way a part of this story,” he added.
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