Daimler fires manager connected to monkey testing
FRANKFURT, Germany – manufacturer applied scientist says it's pink-slipped associate government World Health Organization depicted it at associate industry-backed organization that commissioned diesel exhaust tests involving monkeys.
A statement from applied scientist silver on Wednesday failed to establish by name the manager, citing privacy considerations. It aforesaid the manager weekday on the highest management board of the now-dissolved EUGT entity.
Volkswagen on weekday suspended its head of external relations, World Health Organization aforesaid he knew regarding the experiments however failed to inform the company's then-CEO, Martin Winterkorn.
The tests carried regarding by a research lab in NM concerned exposing monkeys to diluted exhaust gases from a Volkswagen diesel in a trial to live the success of diesel technology in lowering harmful emissions. The ny Times has reportable the automobile was outrigged to lower emissions throughout testing.