Animal Testing

There is no real need, most of the time.

The bottom line with me on this subject is pretty simple. If we think a chemical is dangerous enough, that we need to test it on animals to make sure it does not hurt humans, then we should probably not use the chemical at all.    

Duh.        

Testing on animals occurs for chemicals in foods, drinks, hygiene/cosmetic products, cleaning products, industrial products, medicines, and war.            

The fact that I have lived for many years using organic healthy products of all kinds, tells me that foods, drinks, hygiene/cosmetics and cleaning products can all be produced, that is healthy for humans, healthy for the environment, and therefore does not require animal testing at all.            

With some minor lifestyle, cultural or societal changes, we could very easily adopt these things and get rid of the poisons. This would make us healthier, which would reduce health care costs. It would also help the environment, and stop animal testing for these particular products.            

What about testing on animals for medical purposes? Well first, we need to adopt alternative medicines, methods, and prevention that have been proven successful. The medical industry refuses to try any of these alternative healing practices because of pride and money.            

Second, if we eliminate the poisons in our food, drink, water, hygiene/cosmetics, and cleaning products, we would probably find a great reduction in the number of people suffering from the diseases, which lead to the top causes of death in America. These illnesses, such as heart disease, stroke, respiratory disease, cancer, diabetes, and others, all have links to things we consume in some way. We need to get rid of the poisons.            

That still leaves a large amount of medicines that seem to benefit humans, but need tested.

Have you watched these television commercials about new drugs? They give you a list of possible side effects. Often terrible things, worse than the disease they seek to cure. Do you realize that they know about those side effects because they watched animals suffer from them in testing?

So, maybe we need to take a serious look at the pharmaceutical industry and whether or not these diseases can be cured or helped through more natural methods, or by eliminating things like chemicals, from our day to day lives. Perhaps make dietary changes.

How many medicines have chemicals in them that are not needed, such as preservatives? Preservatives are used to save the companies money, but are there other alternatives?            

That brings us to industrial chemicals. We should ask ourselves; do we really need this new product or chemical? Are there healthier methods that would protect humans and the environment? Would you test it on your child? No? Okay so let’s assume it’s poison and then label it as such.

Take the agricultural industry for example. There are alternative methods, to pesticide, herbicide and fertilizer. We could eliminate a huge need to use animals for testing, and from letting poisons into the environment by increasing organic farming.            

The knowledge exists we just need to overcome the greed and get it done.     

I realize that there are diseases we seek to cure, and people hurting. Animal testing can help us discover drugs or technology that can cure them.  

We might not be able to totally eliminate animal testing.

But, we can reduce the need.

There is really no reason to continue to test on animals for food, drinks, hygiene/cosmetics, or cleaning. I see no reason why our society could not switch to healthier products.            

You might not care about animals getting used for testing. But, you must realize that animal testing does not stop poison from getting to you and your family. All the testing does is help those in positions of power find out exactly how much poison they can give you before you get sick or develop cancer, or some other illness.

Companies aren’t saying. “Maybe we should try a healthy alternative.”

No.

They are saying “Test this chemical on animals so we can see exactly how much we can give a child before it dies, or has an allergic reaction. We can’t use a healthy alternative because it costs too much money and I want to take my kids to Bali for the summer. and increase my million a year salary.”

Think about it. Why are they testing?

Do you need to test fruit juice? Maybe. But, not very much.

Do you need to test water or natural things? Perhaps some.

But they are testing things they already suspect are poisons. You get that, right?

No one says, “Let’s see if this water will burn this pigs face.”

No. They say “Let’s see if our new chemical will burn this pig’s face before we put it into our new lipstick. Let’s see if it leads to breast cancer years from now, if we put the chemical on this pigs face every day for 10 years.”

They already suspect a problem. They just want to know how much they can give you before you die. They want to know how many parts per million can they put into this product before they get sued because you had a reaction.

The industry is not surprised you had a reaction, or got sick. They are surprised that the monkey or pig didn’t get sick sooner than you did.

They test because they don’t want to be jailed or sued. They love money, not people.   

Animal testing is a direct picture of you and your family. They want to give you poison, but not enough to actually get caught doing it, or getting punished for it. The poisonous chemicals will help make them more money, if it doesn’t kill anyone.    

By stopping animal testing in certain areas, it stops them from poisoning you and your family.

They would be forced to use healthy products, which they know for a fact is safe.

Testing lets them push the envelope with your health. If they can’t test they are forced to use what they already know is safe, or reasonably safe.

We might find that if companies are forced to use healthy products, we no longer need to create new drugs. Because many of our diseases will just magically go away.

It’s not just about the animals.

It’s about us.

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