Members of Congress are criticizing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its decision to revive chemical animal testing, which was supposed to be retired. They are urging the EPA to seek more humane ways to conduct scientific research. Bipartisan letters have been sent to EPA Administrator Regan, expressing shame and calling for a reversal of the decision. The move to cut funding to California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has also drawn criticism from lawmakers, who argue that it will lead to lost jobs and scientific progress. Additionally, concerns have been raised about the unintended consequences of compute caps on biomedical and materials sciences research, with warnings against regulations that primarily benefit current AI incumbents at the expense of future progress.
Members of Congress are pressing the Environmental Protection Agency over its renewed support for animal testing, saying the government must find more humane ways to practice science. #TWTFrontPage https://t.co/X92fmg9CRJ
Compute caps will have unintended consequences that will slow down life-saving and planet-saving research in the biomedical and materials sciences, amongst others. We should be weary of any regulation that mostly serves today's AI incumbents at the cost of tomorrow's progress. https://t.co/tXYxhRsSXg
The Administration’s decision to cut funding to CA’s own JPL will result in lost jobs and lost scientific progress. I joined my CA colleagues in urging the Administration to reverse course. https://t.co/zxddV39ypE
Congress assails EPA over ‘disgusting’ decision to revive chemical animal testing https://t.co/S5TISTCjP0 https://t.co/kFGwvgezay
The EPA should be ashamed of itself for backtracking and reviving inhumane chemical animal testing. I am proud to lead a bipartisan letter to EPA Administrator Regan to call for the agency to reverse this decision and stop tax dollars from being used on these disgusting tests. https://t.co/bbdqWqrOwg
Members of Congress are pressing the Environmental Protection Agency over its renewed support for animal testing and its backsliding on rabbits that were supposed to be retired, saying the government must seek out more humane ways to do science. https://t.co/vb3JxM2fSN
EXCLUSIVE: Congress assails EPA over 'disgusting' decision to revive chemical animal testing https://t.co/GYuUtjaAOE