EPA to launch program that lets people adopt its lab animals amid Trump cuts
by Tom Perkins from Science | The Guardian on (#6YD6C)
Document detailing the new program says zebrafish and rats from a North Carolina lab will be up for adoption
The US Environmental Protection Agency is launching a new program to adopt some of its 20,000 lab animals in the wake of Trump administration plans to dramatically cut the regulator's research arm.
The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Peer) non-profit obtained and revealed an EPA document announcing the adoption program. The document announced adoptions for zebrafish and rats from an EPA lab in North Carolina.
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