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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>Veterinary Specialist in Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law |  Johns Hopkins University Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) Views are my own.</description><link>https://bsky.app/profile/kathrinherrmann.bsky.social</link><title>@kathrinherrmann.bsky.social - Kathrin Herrmann, PhD</title><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/kathrinherrmann.bsky.social/post/3mkd7nh7kns23</link><description>Lab workers are sounding the alarm on animal toxicity testing. See the evidence. 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