UPDATE (1/26/18): The FDA announced it is permanently ending its nicotine addiction experiment and sending dozens of monkeys involved in the study to a sanctuary. Read more. White Coat Waste Project is fighting an epidemic of government secrecy about taxpayer-funded animal experiments, and now we’re challenging transparency failures at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Our team recently...

  We have major news! The government’s watchdog office is about to begin its first-ever audit of billions in spending on and transparency about federal experiments on dogs and millions of other animals–and it’s because of White Coat Waste Project and our dedicated supporters. As outlined in the original post below, our December 2016 “Spending to Death”...

We are proud to announce that the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC)  has named White Coat Waste Project Vice President Justin Goodman as one of its  “40 under 40” for 2017.  Justin was one of only four independents chosen for this year’s prestigious award. Since he joined WCW six months ago,  he has secured the first ever federal audit of...

  Two weeks after White Coat Waste Project first broke the news about the USDA inexplicably deleting its animal welfare database, the agency has bowed to pressure from WCW and our supporters, bipartisan Congress members and other advocates. As reported in the Washington Post, the USDA has begun restoring access to documents about government laboratories and other taxpayer-funded...

  This past week, we had the pleasure of being guests on two high-profile programs to discuss our work on the bipartisan FACT Act, the USDA animal welfare database scandal, and other campaigns to expose and end wasteful taxpayer-funded animal experiments. First, we were on SiriusXM’s Conversations with Maria, hosted by actor, activist and journalist...

  In her widely-read Washington Times column today, author and FOX News contributor Tammy Bruce slammed the USDA’s decision to delete its animal welfare database, and praised White Coat Waste Project’s work with Congress on the FACT Act to increase transparency about taxpayer-funded animal experiments: Just as the USDA made its move against transparency, the good...

  Government agencies openly admit that animal testing for the safety of chemicals and drugs is slow, expensive and inaccurate compared to modern cell-based and computerized tests. Yet, they still spend untold millions of tax dollars each year on toxicity tests in which rats, mice, dogs and other animals are force-fed enormous doses of cosmetics...

  We’re honored to announce that Campaigns & Elections magazine has selected the White Coat Waste Project as one three finalists for its prestigious Reed Award for Non-profit Grassroots Organization of the Year. The winners will be announced next month at an event in Las Vegas. Thank you to all of our generous and dedicated supporters for...

  Thanks to our dedicated supporters, we reached an historic milestone this week: Our petitions (on the WCW site & Change.org) pressing Congress to end cruel and wasteful government experiments on dogs eclipsed a combined 260,000 signatures. A majority of Americans want to see this taxpayer-funded abuse ended, and we’re making sure your voices are...