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Testing may kill animals needlessly
Testing may kill animals needlessly
Each year, American doctors inject more than 3 million doses of Botox to temporarily smooth their patients' wrinkles and frown lines. But before each batch is shipped, the manufacturer puts it through one of the oldest and most controversial animal tests available. picked by dollyllama 6 months ago
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 dollylla...
6 months ago
An e-mail exchange last summer between the panel's chair and other government scientists reinforced the suspicions of animal advocates that panel members are resistant to newer tests. In the exchange, copies of which were obtained by The Washington Post, the scientists discussed two recent papers by a prominent European researcher favoring an alternative approach known as evidence-based toxicology. One scientist asked what they could do "to combat these papers."
These tests are not for medical purposes, these are used for cosmetics and toiletries. These are unnecessary tests.
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 doggyliv...
6 months ago
This makes me f**king furious! It feels wrong when they use animals to test necessary drugs but I understand the need but THIS is completely out of order. Any cosmetic products should be banned from being tested on animals IMO
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 2manyuse...
6 months ago
This really is obscene beyond all measure. As doggylives mentioned, there is a need no matter how distasteful for testing of medications of animals. Even then there it should be done in a humane fashion.

The testing of things such as botox so some vain a*****e can have fewer wrinkles should be criminal.

Of course it isn't just things like this. Look at the infamous IAMS controversy. This seems to be one of the few times that PETA isn't acting insane and has it right.



not embedding the video, click on it if you want to watch


Of course they deny it.

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 thenegat...
6 months ago
It is completely beyond me why they have to inject animals with Botulinium Toxin to see what happens!
Blatantly at the LD:50 animals suffer what I can only assume is a horrendous death. All so a few over the hill rich people can look a few years younger.
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 Rowangre...
6 months ago
Maybe we should make a law that any old harpy wanting to get Botox injections should have to watch the dog die before the doctor will treat her.
That'd clear this s**t up right quick (in most cases).
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 mobase
6 months ago
« dollyllama : These tests are not for medical purposes, these are used for cosmetics and toiletries. These are unnecessary tests.
They're "nessesary" (sarcasm intended) only because there are several thousand slavering lawyers out there, waiting for them to screw up.
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 eLJay
6 months ago
« Rowangrey : Maybe we should make a law that any old harpy wanting to get Botox injections should have to watch the dog die before the doctor will treat her.
That'd clear this s**t up right quick (in most cases).
They would probably just shrug. I'll admit to being vein, but not even if I could afford it would I do this. And the fact, that they are testing animals--which I did not know--is sick.
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 gratheo
6 months ago
I didn't know that they did this.
It's sick and depraved.
I'm against animal testing generally, but for something like this?
WTF, humanity. WTF.
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 gammerus
6 months ago
Allergan officials say they have no choice.
Not choice? Because the only option other than poisoning animals it to let someone age naturally?
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