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      Yacinda
      Vallejo
     
     
      aS
      anyone
      out
      there
      ever
      thought
      about
     
     
      how
      that
      Gillette
      Shaving
      Lotion
      came
     
     
      to
      be?
      Or
      how
      that
      sheet
      of
      Bounce
      was
     
     
      lanufactured
      to
      make
      your
      clothes
      soft
      and
      oh-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      wSlatic-free?
      Well,
      the
      following
      may
      be
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Merest
      to
      you,
      because
      the
      ingredients
      in
      your
     
     
      allette
      Foamy
      were
      achieved
      at
      the
      cost
      of
     
     
      lany
      animal
      lives.
      Gillette,
      Proctor
      and
      Gam-
     
     
      le,
      Colgate-Palmolive,
      and
      many
      others
      all
     
     
      We
      one
      thing
      in
      common
      (besides
      SOF
     
     
      laVing
      cream
      and
      soap):
      they
      test
      their
      aerUes
     
     
      48
      on
      living,
      breathing,
      defenceless
      animals,
     
     
      Practice
      we
      would
      call
      torture
      if
      it
      were
     
     
      ‘tlormed
      on
      humans.
     
     
      “So
      what?’
      you
      might
      say.
      But
      what
      many
     
     
      ‘ople
      are
      unaware
      of
      is
      the
      degree
      of
      needless
     
     
      ‘inand
      suffering
      these
      tests
      inflict
      on
      the
     
     
      iMals
      and
      just
      how
      SBTC
      ee
      TUM
      EDT
      AM
      CON
      OTTO
      RH
     
     
      ¢
      National
      Anti-Vivisection
      Society
      of
      the
     
     
      Slists
      more
      than
      300
      products,
      mainly
      cos-
     
     
      LCST
      TOUTS
      Re
      eet
      teen
     
     
      Manufacturing
      companies
      have
      various
      ways
     
     
      Aco
      Whether
      a
      product
      is
      “sate”
     
     
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      MeeTIT
      Ret
      en
      eR
      Ts
     
     
      animals
      on
      which
      to
      put
      their
      tests
      to
      use.
     
     
      bbits
      are
      at
      the
      top
      of
      the
      list
      because,
      first,
     
     
      Yate
      inexpensive
      (and
      profit
      is
      the
      name
      of
     
     
      ‘Bame),
      and
      second,
      they
      are
      not
      difficult
      to
     
     
      tk
      With
      because
      of
      their
      gentle
      and
      peaceful
     
     
      Ure.
      These
      factors
      are
      Necessary
      to
      the
      per-
     
     
      Mahe
      of
      one
      of
      the
      most
      popular
      tests,
      the
     
     
      taize.”*
      This
      test
      involves
      putting
      some
      of
     
     
      €Xperimental
      compound
      (anything
      trom
     
     
      FWax
      to
      eyeshadow)
      into
      a
      rabbit's
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      twenty-one
     
     
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      are
      recorded
      and
      the
      test-rabbit
     
     
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      aU
      interesting
      test
      is
      called
      the
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      requires
      the
      ani-
     
     
      force-fed
      or
      injected
      with
      the
      test
     
     
      he
      point
      of
      this
      one
      is
      to
      see
      how
     
     
      age
      ofthe
      compound
      is
      needed
      to
      kill
     
     
      4
      test-animal
      population.
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      the
     
     
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      or
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      to
      Kill
      it,
      the
      test
      is
      terminated.
      Granted,
      the
      computers
      would
      cost
      a
      lot
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ITC
      eiataacoUen
      TMU
      RIateRON
      (ee
      twenty
      million
     
     
      dead
      animals.
      The
      American
      Food
      and
      Drug
     
     
      Administration
      (FDA)
      insists
      only
      that
      prod-
     
     
      ucts
      put
      on
      the
      market
      for
      human
      ores
      eRSE
      ToD
      OL
      COy
      eT
     
     
      are
      safe;
      it
      does
      not
      specify
      that
      these
      eROXCLUG
      ES
     
     
      be
      tested
      on
      animals.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Some
      other
      tests
      require
      the
      animals
      Con
     
     
      monkeys,
      dogs)
      to
      be
      operated
      on
      without
      an-
     
     
      aesthetic,
      sometimes
      several
      times
      over,
      in
     
     
      order
      to
      verily
      the
      progress
      of
      the
      test.
     
    

    
     
      There
      are
      alternatives
      to
      this
      kind
      of
      inhu-
     
     
      Mane
      treatment,
      and
      why
      the
      major
      manutfac-
     
    

    
     
      turers
      of
      cleaning
      and
      cosmetic
      prod-
     
     
      ucts
      don’t
      use
      them
      isa
      good
     
     
      question.
      Most
     
    

    
     
      reer
     
    
   
   
    
     
      For
      those
      who
      are
      in
      favour
      of
      animal-
     
     
      testing
      because
      they
      believe
      medical
      research
      is
     
     
      furthered
      by
      these
      experiments,
      a
      maximum
      of
     
     
      only
      17%
      of
      all
      animal
      tests
      are
      used
      for
      medi-
     
     
      cal
      purposes.
      The
      remaining
      83%
      is
      used
      for
     
     
      household
      and
      cosmetic
      artes
     
    

    
     
      ucts,
      such
      as
      testing
     
     
      the
      ef-
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
         
     
     
        
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      not
      be
     
     
      bothered
      to
      conduct
     
     
      theirtests
      on
      computers
      or
      other
     
     
      non-living
      subjects
      because
      this
      would
     
    

    
     
      costa
      lot
      of
      money.
      Mechanical
      and
      computer-
     
     
      ized
      models
      can
      be,
      and
      have
      been,
      used
      to
     
     
      reproduce
      physiological
      systems,
      and
      in-vitro
     
     
      studies
      with
      cell
      cultures
      are
      proven
      substitutes
     
     
      for
      animal-testing.
      However,
      converting
      their
     
     
      syringes,
      operating
      tables,
      and
      cages
      into
      com-
     
     
      puters
      and
      mechanized
      models
      is
      too
      expensive
     
     
      and
      bothersome.
      Dropping
      bleach
      into
      an
      ani-
     
     
      mal’s
      eyes
      is
      much
      simpler
      than
      using
      one’s
     
     
      brain
      to
      conduct
      the
      research
      on
      other
      models.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      fects
      of
      in-
     
     
      gesting
      bleach.
      |
      be-
     
     
      lieve
      that
      it
      is
      safe
      to
      say
      that
     
     
      something
      strong
      enough
      to
      clean
      your
     
     
      toilet-bowl
      is
      not
      safe
      to
      eat.
     
    

    
     
      Does
      your
      cleanliness
      really
      need
      to
      be
     
     
      achieved
      at
      the
      expense
      of
      even
      one
      dead
      rab-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      bit?
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