Send us feedback on this show 
More Environmental Desk shows
Browse Archives
Weekly Show AlertsMAKING CONTACT - a weekly international radio program
Unnecessary Evil? Animal Testing and Human Health
March 27, 2002
Listen/download help Listen Live (29-minute streaming mp3)
Download 64k mp3
Order CD/Tape of this show [#13-02]
Medical researchers and drug companies use millions of animals each year for laboratory experiments. Government agencies require that animal tests only take place when other methods are unavailable, and the animals need to be treated humanely. On this program, we take a look at the Animal Welfare Act, and current debates about whether animal tests are necessary and reliable enough to ensure human health.
Featuring:
Jim Rogers, spokesperson for the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS); Marshall Smith, former APHIS senior investigator; Suzanne Roy, program director of In Defense of Animals; Dr. Eliot Katz, founder and director of In Defense of Animals; Matt Rossell, whistleblower at Oregon Regional Primate Center at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU); Dr. Wise Young, scientist who developed spinal chord injury treatment; Dr. Ray Greek, president of Americans for Medical Advancement; Alix Fano, author of "Lethal Laws: Animal Testing, Human Health and Environmental Policy."
For more information:
Campaign for Responsible Transplantation
PO Box 2751
New York, New York 10163-2751
212-579-3477
www.crt-online.org
Americans For Medical Advancement
8391 Beverly Boulevard, #153
Los Angeles, California 90048
310-678-9076;
fax: 310-362-8678; AFMA@curedisease.com
www.curedisease.com
Americans for Medical Progress
www.ampef.org
In Defense of Animals
131 Camino Alto, Suite E
Mill Valley, California 94941
415-388-9641;
fax: 415-388-0388; ida@idausa.org
www.idausa.org
Matt Rossell
503-249-9996; primates@boycottohsu.com
www.boycottohsu.com
USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
www.aphis.usda.gov/