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In short, our government has been hotboxing mice for no apparent reason—they aren’t even producing research that could improve human health.
Stanford Broke Funding Laws With Experiment Involving Aborted Babies – Watchdog Group Medical ethics nonprofit alleges Stanford University broke federal law Image Credit: Email A medical ethics nonprofit is alleging that Stanford University broke federal law with a research project involving aborted babies. The White Coat Waste Project — a non-profit organization working to stop “wasteful,” publicly funded animal testing — filed a complaint with the National Institute of Health alleging that Stanford University repeatedly violated federal law by failing to disclose how much taxp...
Share Source: Caroline Brehman/Pool Photo via AP It's Sunshine Week, meaning that it's time to expose some of the more egregious uses of American taxpayer dollars. For instance, do we really need to be funding Princeton's research to lock monkeys in cages to hear them say, "Will you marry me?" You can read more about that nonsense here. But more seriously, American dollars have reportedly subsidized research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. For more than a decade, Eco Health Alliance has been sending teams to China to trap bats, collect samples of their blood, saliva and feces, and che...
Sen. Ernst to Introduce Bill Mandating Tracking White House, Executive Branch Carbon Emissions Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) says she is introducing legislation that would require the federal government to track and make public the carbon emissions produced by President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and executive branch departments and agencies. “What I’ve done is put forward some new legislation which will track the carbon emissions of White House and executive branch officials,” Ernst told reporters on March 17 during a digital news conference to mark Sunshine Week. Sunshine Wee...
US Nonprofit With Ties to Wuhan Lab Violated Federal Law by Failing to Disclose Taxpayer Funding, Complaint Alleges A U.S. nonprofit with close ties to the Wuhan Institute of Virology violated federal law by failing to disclose that taxpayer funds supported its work, according to a complaint a taxpayer watchdog group filed on Monday. EcoHealth Alliance (EHA) diverted $600,000 in taxpayer funds to the WIV in the form of National Institutes of Health subgrants between 2014 and 2019 as part of a research project studying coronaviruses from Chinese bats. But press releases from EHA describing the...