Rejected petition End Lethal Dose Animal Tests and urgently phase out all animal testing

Devised in 1927 the Lethal Dose 50% test involves giving animals increasing doses of a substance until half of them die! This horrific test is still used today, although non-animal methods exist. The govt. must urgently enact their pledge to ‘phase out animal testing’ starting with lethal dose tests

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Animal-derived data can’t be reliably translated to humans - it delays scientific progress, potentially endangering human health. A roadmap to ‘phase out animal testing’ is achievable, with stakeholder engagement and funding and expertise being diverted from animal experiments to non-animal methods. The results would see the UK as a global scientific leader; future-proofed careers and a strengthened life science sector. The move to non-animal methods is supported by the majority of the public.

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Ban animal testing for human products and medicines
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700262

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Date submitted 13 January 2025
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