FDA Terminates Controversial Nicotine Study That Killed Four Monkeys

Squirrel Monkey Photo

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is terminating a study into the effects of nicotine that sparked public outcry after four squirrel monkeys died as a result of the research. Researchers behind the study were injecting adolescent and adult monkeys, 24 in total, with nicotine doses in a bid to study how the addictive …