"As an
emergency room physician who has treated countless cases of
accidental poisonings and exposures to dangerous products, I
disagree with the contention that animal tests are necessary
to determine the safety of cosmetics and household products.
Animal tests do not protect consumers from unsafe
products....I call upon Procter & Gamble to join the
ever-growing list of responsible companies that have
declared an immediate moratorium on animal-based product
testing."
Daniel Hart, M.D., FACEP
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Procter &
Gamble refuses to release to the public information
regarding the actual numbers and species of animals used, or
the types of tests it forces these animals to
endure.
What are they hiding?
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Each year,
thousands of animals die in Procter & Gamble
laboratories--the victims of painful product tests. Procter
& Gamble claims to be "committed" to eliminating
tests on animals, but after a decade of empty
promises, the household, personal care, and pharmaceutical
product manufacturer continues to poison and kill
animals.
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The modern,
non-animal test methods used by other companies can be
interpreted more accurately and objectively than animal
tests, leading to safer products.
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To test
products, workers typically force chemicals into rabbits'
eyes and rub them onto animals' shaved and abraded skin. The
animals are forced into restraining devices so they can't
escape the pain; usually they are not sedated or given
painkillers. Some animals have broken their necks or backs
trying to escape.
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There are NO
federal requirements that cosmetics and personal care
products be tested on animals.
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In 1996
alone, P&G spent $5.1 billion on advertising. This
stands in stark contrast to the $64 million that P&G
claims to have spent on developing alternatives over a
14-year period! P&G's priorities seem
clear: in less than 5 days, P&G spends more on
advertising than it claims to have spent in 14 years on
alternatives to painful and lethal animal tests.
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Alternatives
to the use of animals in product testing exist: Human cell
cultures test in vitro for both toxicity and eye irritancy
& tests using tissue cultures & computer models are
technologically ad-vanced, as well as more reliable and
cost-effective than animal tests.
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Animal tests
are not accurate and data from them cannot be extrapolated
to human use because of the enormous differences in
metabolism and physiology among rats, rabbits, dogs, pigs,
and humans. The stressful laboratory conditions and often
sloppy handling methods can impair immune function and alter
heart and pulse rates of animals in laboratories as
well. More than half of all prescription drugs
approved by the FDA between 1976 and 1985 on the strength of
animal tests caused side effects so serious that the drugs
had to be relabeled or removed from the market.
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In 1990,
Procter & Gamble lobbied against legislation to ban the
Draize test in California.
In the Draize test, 100 mg of a concentrated solution
are dripped into the eyes of six to nine conscious albino
rabbits, immobilized in stocks from which only their heads
protrude.
Their eyes often are held open with clips at the lid, and
rabbits can break their necks or backs struggling to escape.
The damage to the rabbits' eyes is recorded over an average
period of 72 hours, with the test sometimes lasting 7-18
days. Reactions to the irritants can include swelling
of the eyelid, inflammation of the iris, ulceration,
hemorrhaging, and blindness. Pain-relieving drugs usually
are not administered because experimenters claim their use
would interfere with test results.
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"As an
ophthalmologist, I find the Draize test particularly
outdated. It is cruel and wasteful of animal lives.
Less expensive alternatives are already available."
James R. Lee, M.D. Winthrop, MA
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More than 600
companies manufacture safe and effective products that are
comparable to Procter & Gamble's without testing them on
animals.
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