As first reported in The Daily Caller, a White Coat Waste Project analysis of government documents has revealed dozens of cruel, misleading and outdated multi-million-dollar animal tests at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

REVEALED: EPA Animal Testing Studies Forced Rats To Inhale Diesel Exhaust, Smog https://t.co/Dy8Fe6x3ml pic.twitter.com/1D9pW1b8Oj

— The Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) March 9, 2018

The shocking, irrelevant, and wasteful tests exposed by WCW at EPA’s National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory–which uses 20,000 rabbits, mice, and other animals each year in experiments– include:

• animals implanted with devices and forced to breathe diesel exhaust and smog
• animals force-fed lard to make them obese and then exposed to air pollution
• animals fed olive and coconut oil and forced to breathe ozone
• animals blasted with loud noises and exposed to ozone
• pregnant animals stressed with light and noise and babies given electric shocks 

Following the report, 2017 WCW Waste Warrior Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) took to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to criticize the wasteful EPA animal tests:

The story quickly spread like wildfire:

SHOCK: EPA Testing Lab Goes Through 20,000 Animals A Year… https://t.co/jJ6QgK5QpP

— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) March 9, 2018

Tell EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and Congress to dump the EPA’s toxic waste on animal testing.