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page 8 December 1, 1988 /A\Vv‘/ ,V V' The Penduluni Features Animals subjected to experimentation by Sharon West Staff Writer Most civilized people agree that animal cruelty is disgusting. However, millions of animals are used in unnecessary laboratory ex periments each year by inany com panies to test products that you are currently using. According to a journal exerpt by Leslie Fain, an employee of the Gillette Company, technicians in jected rabbits with chemicals and threw them approximately 10 feet into a pile of other dead or dying rabbits. Fain said, “Blood was coming out of some of their mouths, others were convulsing and having spasms. It got to the point where I couldn’t stand.to watch their suffer ing and asked to give them a se cond shot. At this point I became ill. I ran to the bathroom and cried.” Unfortunately, Gillette is not the only company that uses animals to test products. A fact sheet publish ed by People for the Ethical Treat ment of Animals (PETA) lists ap proximately 75 companies that use animals in their tests. Several ot these companies include Amway, Bristol-Meyers, Clorox Company, Johnson & Johnson, Neutrogena and Revlon. The Draize Eye Irritancy Test has been used by a number of com panies since 1944 to test the effects of products that might get into the human eye. According to a fact sheet publish ed by PETA, rabbits are immobiliz ed in stocks to prevent them from scratching or clawing the. substance out of their eyes. Unlike humans, rabbits do not produce tears that could possible wash out the substance. The technician pulls the lower lid of the eye away from the eyeball and drops several milligrams of the substance into the eye. Common reactions to these tests are swollen eyelids, inflamed irises, ulceration, bleeding, massive deterioration, and blind ness. Another test that is commonly used is the acute toxicity test, or lethal dose test. The Lethal Dose 50 (LD-50) is the most widely us ed. It determines the amount of a substance that will kill part of a group of animals in a certain time period. The experimenter feeds the Photo by Nicol Husem®' What a face- Hamsters are just one of the many kinds of amimals that are subjected to laboratory testii|8 As a consumer, you can deter animal testing by buying products that are made by manutacturers that not perform these tests. „ ^ ^ substance to the animals by a tube or through holes cut into the animals’ throats. The poisoned animals exhibit symptoms such as convulsions, paralysis, or bleeding from the eyes, nose or mouth. At the end of the testing period, the surviving animals are killed and examined. The accuracy of these tests is questionable- results of these tests N]OY A “TCBV” Sundae ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. Say goodbye to ice cream with a “TCBV.” sundae. “TCBV. frozen yogurt has all the taste of premium ice cream with only about half the calories and is 96% fat-free. 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