News from PCRM

From Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine:

• New product-testing procedures adopted by a key international organization will save thousands of animals a year from painful death. At a recent meeting in Paris, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development approved several new or revised test guidelines that will replace animals or reduce the number killed in common toxicity tests. These guidelines will become the standard for companies in many countries to follow. Read more...
• The University of Oklahoma Medical Center just confirmed to PCRM that it has stopped killing goats in its trauma training course and now employs nonanimal training methods. But sheep at Massachusetts General Hospital still need your help. Despite thousands of messages from people like you, the hospital killed sheep in its trauma training course this May. Help us end animal use in all upcoming courses at the hospital. Read more...
• KFC calls its new Kentucky Grilled Chicken "the better-for-you chicken for health-conscious customers." But recent PCRM tests of the new grilled chicken revealed substantial amounts of a carcinogenic chemical in all samples tested. Read more...