A Major Victory For Animals!
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
4.9 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2019
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
On a bonus episode of The Exam Room™ podcast, we are celebrating a major victory for animals!
The lives of hundreds of thousands of mice, rabbits and other mammals will be spared thanks to a new directive by the Environmental Protection Agency. The agency is eliminating all chemical testing on mammals by 2035 and the tests will begin to be phased out long before then!
"The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll is joined by Kristie Sullivan, MPH, Physicians Committee vice president for research policy, to learn exactly when the changes will begin to occur, how the decision could urge other agencies to follow suit, and even how this will affect the products that might be in your home.
You'll also learn about innovative non-animal testing methods that are more accurate and effective, prevent unnecessary suffering, and save the lives of many animals.
But as you'll hear there is still much work to be done! Chuck and Kristie also talk about the next steps to continue ending animal testing in labs and medical schools and how you can help!
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GREGORY J. REITER MEMORIAL FUND
This episode of The Exam Room™ Podcast is sponsored by The Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund, which supports organizations like the Physicians Committee that carry on Greg's passion and love for animals through rescue efforts, veganism, and wildlife conservation.
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| 0:00.0 | That's what the EPA has committed to doing. It's saying we're going to take steps. |
| 0:04.5 | So we're going to see reductions every single year and they're committing to buy 2035 that all |
| 0:10.8 | of the tests that they require on mammals will be either replaced or revised in some way to not |
| 0:16.8 | include animals. |
| 0:19.0 | Welcome to a very special bonus episode of the Exam Room podcast brought to you by the Physicians |
| 0:30.4 | Committee. Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll. Thank you so very much for giving |
| 0:34.8 | this show a listen this week of view or a download. As always, wherever it is in the world that you are, |
| 0:41.6 | we appreciate the fact that you are here. So we're giving you an extra show this week that is a |
| 0:51.4 | little bit different. So much of what we talk about on the Exam Room is devoted to human health |
| 0:58.6 | and nutrition, but really that is only one part of our mission here at the Physicians Committee. |
| 1:05.7 | Because we are also working tirelessly to help improve the lives of animals, ending the |
| 1:12.0 | use of animal testing in medical schools and in labs. The fact of the matter is that now there |
| 1:18.3 | are so many alternative testing methods that are available to researchers, methods that don't involve |
| 1:25.3 | animals, and methods that would save hundreds of thousands of animal lives every year. |
| 1:31.4 | And as it turns out, these tests are also more accurate and would get better and safer products to |
| 1:41.2 | the market a whole lot faster. And the EPA, the Environmental Protection Agency has heard our message |
| 1:50.7 | and the messages of so many others. So today, we are celebrating on the Exam Room. We are celebrating |
| 1:59.5 | the EPA's momentous decision to end all chemical safety tests on mammals by the year 2035. |
| 2:10.1 | And here's the cool thing. We're going to see improvements long before then as well. This is a |
| 2:16.4 | massive, massive victory. So in just a moment, I'm going to be joined by Christy Sullivan. She is the |
| 2:23.7 | Vice President for Research Policy here at the Physicians Committee. And someone who has been working |
| 2:29.2 | hard to push this through for nearly two decades at this point. She's going to be here. She's |
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