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Source: theguardian.com

<p>Animal-rights group released video footage that shows distressed baby macaques undergoing lab experiments</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX6A1hEqW0w" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Footage</a> released by the animal-rights group Peta reveals, for the first time, filmed experiments at the <a href="https://wanbrc.uw.edu/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">University of Washington’s National Primate Research Center</a> (WaNPRC), in which newborn monkeys were separated from their mothers and subjected to <a href="https://reporter.nih.gov/search/ecmx97Dcw0SIrFqWdODi1A/project-details/9985432#description" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">neurological</a> tests after prenatal exposure to a neurotoxin.</p><p><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6511476/#S2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Records</a> show that the infant monkeys, some just two days old, were used in research on domoic acid, a toxin produced by marine algae that accumulates in shellfish and can cause illness in humans. The experiments were part of a project that ran for six years until 2020.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/26/peta-monkey-experiment-video" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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