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.
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.
More
than 550 companies, including large corporations like Gillette and Avon,
ensure their customers' safety by using more accurate non-animal tests.
Yet, P&G has refused to stop animal tests even for products that
are not required to be tested on animals by law, such as cosmetics and
household goods which make up the majority of P&G's products. Moreover,
P&G has done nothing to push the federal government to keep up with
the times and to accept non-animal tests for pharmaceuticals.
Animal Tests: Crude &
Unreliable
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.
The
modern, non-animal test methods used by other companies can be interpreted
more accurately and objectively than animal tests, leading to safer
products. Let's get P&G to use them.
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