Paris, 20th March 2017. The fate of the herbicide glyphosate is under discussion at the European Commission. The World Health Organisation (WHO) considers glyphosate to be “probably carcinogenic to humans”, while the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) does not agree. This controversy is largely due to different interpretations of results obtained from experiments on rats…. Read more
Paris, January 20, 2016 – Following the clinical trial disaster of the experimental drug BIA 10-2474, Antidote Europe has sent an open letter to the French Minister of Health, Mrs Marisol Touraine, questioning the practice of recruiting healthy volunteers for drug trials (1). Testing experimental drugs on healthy individuals is both scientifically and legally questionable…. Read more
This announcement represents a victory for Antidote Europe. The NIH announcement is in line with our position that no animal species can be considered as a « model » for humans. Paris, 24 November 2015 – The NIH (National Institutes of Health, USA), the biggest biomedical research organisation in the world « will no longer fund biomedical research on… Read more
The EU chemicals testing program REACH is a well-intentioned but scientifically flawed attempt to protect human health and the environment, both of which continue to be at risk from the effects of toxic chemicals. The EU chemicals testing program REACH (registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals) is a well-intentioned but scientifically flawed attempt to protect human health and… Read more
