Justice
for our health
Antidote Europe has presented
a complaint to the European Mediator.
A summary of this complaint is available below. All the associations
willing to give their support can print the summary below on their letterhead
paper, complete and sign it, and send it to: Antidote Europe - 25 rue
Jacques Callot - 66000 Perpignan - France.
Already,
124 associations have signed
12 countries are represented: 10 European countries as well as
Canada and the Philippines
More than 1 million European citizens are represented
Many thanks to all associations
which have already signed (see list below)!
Complaint to the European
Commission concerning administrative mismanagement Presented by Antidote
Europe to the European Mediator
This complaint refers
to a project of the European Union 'PL037712 Carcinogenomics', whose
aim 'is to develop in vitro methods for assessing the carcinogenic
potential of compounds […] based on the application of "omics" technologies',
at an estimated cost of 10,440,000 euros, spanning five years.
The complaint will
show that the European Commission (EC) should not have launched this
project since the methods intended to be developed in the project are
already well established and known to the scientific community. The
EC is already aware of this fact, based on several written communications
it has received from Antidote Europe (including a letter signed by 140
European-based organisations), in addition to meetings that have taken
place between Antidote Europe and the European Centre for the Validation
of Alternative Methods (ECVAM), based at EC quarters at Ispra. The launching
of the project 'PL037712 Carcinogenomics' will thus have the effect
of slowing down the application of a method that is known to be reliable,
fast, and economical, that is already available.
The complaint points
to the advantages of 'high throughput toxicogenomics' developed by Antidote
Europe that has been suitably tailored to meet the needs of the REACH
programme, which in fact recognises its significance. Therefore, Antidote
Europe asks that the European Mediator recognise the EC's administrative
mismanagement and that the EC should instead have:
1. Instructed ECVAM to recognise the significance of toxicogenomics
as a scientific method in place of animal experiments and to expedite
its validation at the European level;
2. Mandated the use of toxicogenomics as an early screen for detecting
carcinogenicity and toxicity of chemical compounds.
The precautionary principle,
the preservation of public health, and the requirements of directive
86/609 would thus be met, contrary to the situation at present.
The more than 100,000 chemicals
currently in our environment are thought to be the principal cause for
the significant increase in cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, sterility
and birth defects, even though it has not always been possible to establish
a causal relationship between a disease and a particular chemical due
to a lack of reliable toxicity assessment. The aim of REACH is precisely
to identify the most dangerous chemicals, in order to remove them from
the market. Current animal tests clearly cannot fulfil this objective,
since there is no animal species that serves as a reliable model for
humans. The director of ECVAM has publicly criticised toxicity testing
using animals, as has the US Academy of Sciences, which stated that
'human cell systems have the potential to largely supplant testing
in animals'.
Articles of the EC Treaty,
together with directive 86/609 and the REACH programme are therefore
all being flouted, since the EC has not taken appropriate measures to
test the carcinogenic (and otherwise toxic) potential of chemical compounds,
using toxicogenomics, whose reliability and relevance have already been
demonstrated (by Antidote Europe) and recognised (by the European Parliament).
I, the undersigned, Mr/Mrs/Ms
______________________
On behalf of my organisation _______________________
Would like to add our voice, in support of the complaint submitted by
Antidote Europe to the European Mediator, in objecting to the European
Project titled 'PL037712 Carcinogenomics'.
Date : ____________
Signature :
Have
already signed:
In Belgium
§ ANSPA
(Association nationale des sociétés de protection animale - bd Graindor
5 - 1070 Bruxelles)
§ APMA
(Action préventive contre le martyre des animaux de laboratoire - de
Burletlaam 4 - 2650 Edegem)
§ La
Croix Bleue de Belgique (rue de la Soierie, 170 - 1190 Bruxelles)
§ Ligue
des Droits de l'Enfant
§ SEA
(Suppression des expériences sur l'animal vivant - Koninksemstraat 156
- 3700 Tongeren)
§ UBAEAV
(Union belge pour l'abolition de l'expérimentation sur l'animal vivant
- rue Henri Van Zuylen 21 - 1180 Bruxelles)
In Croatia
§ Animal Friends
Croatia
In Canada
§ Aequo Animo
§
Canadians
for the Advancement of Health Research
In France
§ Action Consommation
§ Action Santé
Environnement (ASE)
§ ADEVI (2 rue St-Firmin - 34000 Montpellier)
§ Agir pour
l'Environnement
§ Agir pour sa
santé
§ Aidons les animaux
§ Alliance
pour le respect et la protection des animaux (ARPA - 10 rue Sorgentino
- 06300 Nice)
§ Amies des animaux (76 Rouen)
§ Animal Amnistie
§ Animaux secours (Refuge de l'Espoir - 74380 Arthaz)
§ ASDA
(Chemin des Gardes - 26200 Montélimar)
§ Association Les
Guides de la Nature et de la Vie (AGNVS)
§ Association d'Aide Aux Victimes des Accidents des Médicaments
(AAAVAM - 10 rue de la Paix - 75002 Paris)
§ Association de recherches
acoustiques biologiques électroradiologiques (ARABEL)
§ Association Nationale contre le Martyre Animal (ANMA)
§ Association Nationale contre le Trafic d'Animaux de Compagnie
(ANTAC)
§ Association Niçoise Féline - Paca
§ Association
Végétarienne
§ Association Végétarienne & Végétalienne
d'Informations (AVIS - 40 rue A Duméril - 31400 Toulouse)
§ Au Bonheur
des 4' Pattes
§ Bio Consom'Acteurs
§ Camargue Littoral Environnement
§ Centre d'Hébergement
d'Etude sur la Nature et l'Environnement (CHENE)
§ Centre d'Hébergement
pour Equidés Vétérans Antenne Languedoc (CHEVAL)
§ Centre Information Documentation Environnement Santé
(CIDES - 38 rue Formigé - 33110 Le Bouscat)
§ Cercle
canin provencal (68 bd du Capitaine Geze - 13014 Marseille)
§ Chiens Interdits C'Est Pas
Dit (CICPD)
§ Citoyen Responsable
§ Club
des Amis de la Nature et des Animaux (CLAN - BP 105 - 30400 Villeneuve-lez-Avignon)
§ Coalition
Anti-Vivisection
§ Collectif anti-corrida
de Fréjus (CAC83)
§ Collectif
de Libération Animale de Dijon (CLAD)
§ Collectif
Libération Animale de Montpellier (CLAM)
§ Coloca
Terre
§ Comite
Terre Animaux Protection (Quartier Malespine - Chemin de Carraire prolongé
- 13120 Gardanne)
§ Connaissance
de la santé (57 rue Sambin - 21000 Dijon)
§ Conseil de Protection Féline
de l'Hérault (CPF34)
§ Convention
Vie et Nature pour une Ecologie Radicale
§ Coordination
et Information en Faveur des Animaux Martyrs (CIFAM)
§ Cosa
animalia
§ Coup d'Coeur Coup
d'Pat
§ Destination
Enfer
§ Droit
des Animaux (BP 221 - 93221 Gagny)
§ Editions La Criée
§ Europe Ecologie (24 allée du Valois - 60500 Chantilly)
§ Evolution Biophile (Domaine de Fillon - 07410 Arlebosc)
§ Fédération des Luttes pour l'Abolition de
la Corrida - Comité des Pyrénées Orientales
§ Fédération
des Sociétés pour l'Etude, la Protection et l'Aménagement
de la Nature dans le Sud-Ouest (SEPANSO - 1 ou 3 rue de Tauzia - 33800
Bordeaux)
§ Fédération
nationale contre le martyre des animaux (FNMA - 7 rue St Henri -
31000 Toulouse)
§ Filiale Locale Anti-Corrida - Comité FLAC du Pays
d'Arles (BP mairie - 13150 Tarascon)
§ Fondation 30 Millions
d'Amis
§ Fondation Assistance
Aux Animaux
§ France Nature Environnement
§ Global
Chance
§ Gorilla
(BP131 - 26702 Pierrelatte Cedex)
§ Grain de sel (10 rue du Ranguet - 27120 Ménilles)
§ Groupement
de Réflexion et d'Action pour l'Animal (GRAAL)
§ Horizon
Sud-Ouest
§ Intelligence
Verte
§ Jeux et peintures du mardi (Centre municipal Barande -
Perpignan)
§ L'Ecole du Chat Libre d'Alsace (BP9 - 67770 Sessenheim)
§ Label Vert
§ Le Sanctuaire des hérissons
§ Les
Chats Libres de Nîmes Agglo (5 rue B Bonnet - 30000 Nîmes)
§ Les Chats
de Stella (9 rue du Pavillon - 06140 Vence)
§ Maïcha
§ Mouvement ecologiste indépendant
(MEI)
§ Mouvement hommes animaux
nature (MHAN)
§ Mouvement pour le Droit
et le Respect des Générations Futures (MDRGF)
§ Oeuvre d'Assistance aux Bêtes
d'Abattoirs (OABA)
§ One Voice
§ Prévenir l'Enfance des Risques Toxiques Environnementaux
(PERTE)
§ Protection animale
de Lunel
§ Protection
Défense de l'Environnement de Bourg-Fidèle
§ Refuge des Bérauds (Rue des Frères Lumière
- 26100 Romans-sur-Isère)
§ Réseau Cétacés
§ Respectons
§ Santé Environnement en Rhône-Alpes (SERA)
§ Sens Art'ifice (315 route des Monts - 74540 Héry-sur-Alby)
§ Société
Protectrice des Animaux (SPA)
§ Société Protectrice des Animaux (SPA)
de Nîmes (Km 7 route de Sauve - 30900 Nîmes)
§ SOS Grand Bleu
§ SOS Lévriers
§ The Earth
Organization (Association Terre)
§ Trait d'Union de la Protection
Animale (TU-PA)
§ Veg'Anim
§ Veg'Asso
§ VegNord
§ Vivre Ethique
In Ireland
§ Irish Anti-Vivisection Society (PO Box 13, Greystones,
CO. Wicklow)
In Italy
§ Equivita
§ Lega
per l'abolizione della caccia
§ Movimento
Antispecista
§ UNA
(Uomo Natura Animali) Cremona
In Luxembourg
§ Animal Justice
Luxembourg
In the Netherlands
§ EDEV
(Een Dier Een Vriend)
In the Philippines
§ Palawan Animal Welfare
Association Inc.
In Portugal
§ ANIMAL
In Switzerland
§ AktionGemeinschaft Schweizer
Tierversuchsgegner (AG STG)
§ ATRA
§ Club Romand des Amis des Cochons d'Inde (CRACI - Tatrel
21 - 1617 Tatroz)
§ Fondation pour une
Terre humaine
§ Fondazione Hans
Ruesch per una Medicina senza Vivisezione
§ Greenpeace
Regional Group of Geneva
§ Help the Strays
§ Société Vaudoise
pour la Protection des Animaux (SVPA)
§ SOS chats
§ Tierschutzbundbasel
(TSB)
§ Unis Pour les Animaux (UPLA - Case postale 440 - 1211
Genève 4)
In the United Kingdom
§ Animal
Aid
§ Animal Defenders
International (ADI)
§ Vivisection
Information Network (VIN)
§ Voice for Ethical Research
at Oxford (VERO)
§ Young Indian Vegetarians (226 London Rd. Croydon)
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