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New Medical Products Must be Tested in Living Organisms
Good to know
It's good to know that I'm not the only one that feels that medical research on animals cannot be justified.
- lisathevegan
September 17, 2008 7:31PM
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I'm with you...
To me, it just proves how stupid the human animal can be. Researchers spray chemicals in these tortured animals' eyes, only to be able to tell the two legged idiots running around loose that it is harmful to spray chemicals in their eyes! So much of the research is just moronic and a total waste of money. Those people out there that need to be told NOT to put hot coffee between their legs because they could be burned, and then, of course, the juries that award these idiots enormous sums of money for being stupid, to me, have the same level of intelligence as the researchers. What happened to common sense? Unless you're looking to make a bundle from a lawsuit - thanks to our pathetic judicial system - use your head for something other than keeping your ears apart! Poor defenseless animals do not need to be used for cruel research—ask for volunteers from death row. At least they would be VOLUNTEERS! And, of course, there is always technology to turn to. If the formulas and information are entered into the computers these researchers have spent millions on, it would be hard to believe that these computers cannot come up with the answers they need.
- Glasscat
December 4, 2008 7:22PM
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just a comment.=)
what if a person accidentally sprayed it in there eyes?what if it had happen to a child?i think the researchers were trying to come up with a chemical that wouldn't harm anyone and it seems they think in advance on what may occur. as we all know they are called experiments its like a trial and error method they experiment up to a point that they succeed in knowing what is harmful or not in the product. they try to come up with something that would benefit the welfare of the products user.
maybe we shouldn't put an analogy that is absurdly incomparable to the actual topic.
- peppermint
January 7, 2010 7:05AM
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