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Antidote Europe’s raison d’etre: firstly, to inform the public about the harm done to human health and the environment as a result of flawed research methods, and secondly, to promote genuine scientific research. Our committee is opposed to animal experimentation on strictly scientific grounds.

The underlying pitfall lies in the fact that the results of animal experimenting can not be extrapolated to the human being, and neither can they be reliably extrapolated between different animal species. As a result, no amount of animal testing of a novel drug or therapy can realistically predict or reveal the toxic risk of the product with respect to human beings. Whilst thousands of chemicals currently in use have been passed as ‘safe’ on the basis of animal tests, many more thousands have not been assessed at all. It is now common knowledge that a substance considered harmless to some animal species may be highly toxic to others, as well as to humans.

Ultimately, we are just as much ‘guinea pigs’ as the laboratory animals. This sad state of affairs is confirmed by the enormous number of deaths associated with drugs and chemicals. Prescription drugs are one of the leading causes of death in industrialised nations today. An even more dramatic statistic is the exponential increase in deaths due to cancer, associated with exposure to carcinogenic chemicals in the environment – also found in blood samples of every European or North American inhabitant. To this toll must be added the increasing number of people suffering from neurodegenerative diseases (e.g. Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis), and problems associated with hormonal function, such as male infertility.

Estelle Boucly

Estelle Boucly is president of Antidote Europe and is an environmental lawyer.
Estelle Boucly is president of Antidote Europe and is an environmental lawyer.

Séverine Chance

Severine Chance is secretary of Antidote Europe with experience in environmental sustainability.
Severine Chance is secretary of Antidote Europe with experience in environmental sustainability.

Angela Tandura

Angela Tandura is treasurer of Antidote Europe and architect, with a particular interest in ecologically friendly construction materials
Angela Tandura is treasurer of Antidote Europe and architect, with a particular interest in ecologically friendly construction materials

Antidote Europe permanent scientific council

Dr Jérôme Bernard-Pellet

GP specialising in nutrition, France
GP specialising in nutrition, France

Pr Michael Coleman

Head of Toxicology, Aston University, UK.
Head of Toxicology, Aston University, UK.

Dr Eva Katharin Kuhner

Specialist in occupational medicine, Germany.
Specialist in occupational medicine, Germany.

Dr André Ménache

Veterinary surgeon and scientific consultant, France.
Veterinary surgeon and scientific consultant, France.

Dr Candida Nastrucci  

(BSc (Hons) MSc, DPhil (Oxon), CBiol, MSB) University lecturer, Researcher, Consultant on Replacement alternatives, Coordinator and lecturer in Courses on Methods to Replace Animal Experiments. Chartered Biologist and Member of The Society of Biology.
(BSc (Hons) MSc, DPhil (Oxon), CBiol, MSB) University lecturer, Researcher, Consultant on Replacement alternatives, Coordinator and lecturer in Courses on Methods to Replace Animal Experiments. Chartered Biologist and Member of The Society of Biology.

Dr Rolf Simon

Specialist in emergency medicine and orthopedic surgery, Germany.
Specialist in emergency medicine and orthopedic surgery, Germany.

Pr Gianni Tamino 

Biologist and university professor, Italy.
Biologist and university professor, Italy.

Dr Andreas Ganz

Psychiatrist, Germany.
Psychiatrist, Germany.

Anne Beuter

BSc, MSc, PhD. Retired professor of Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience. Author of more than 190 scientific papers. Opposed to the use of animals in the field of noninvasive brain neuromodulation to restore behavioral functions.
BSc, MSc, PhD. Retired professor of Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience. Author of more than 190 scientific papers. Opposed to the use of animals in the field of noninvasive brain neuromodulation to restore behavioral functions.