Thanks for that info. If you look at the figures in the first row on the first table, 106000 patients died from "adverse drug reactions" - drugs that have pbutted animal testing. And yet the pharm industry still uses animals to test our drugs despite that worrying fact. I can barely believe the stupidity of it all.
Cool.
and in the now over ten years that I've The only way you'll get a referal from him is to offer a financial incentive like the pharm companies do. I reckon you already knew that.
Sorry to presume that. It's just that when I talk about alternative therapies, most people ignorantly think I'm a bit of a nut job without even realising how powerful these remedies actually are, and how effective they are at keeping healthy people healthy. I'm no expert, but I've seen how effective they are first hand. I can't go into details because it would involve divulging information about myself that I'd rather not discuss on an open forum.
LD50, actually.
Oh, I see what you mean now. Like rats that can't puke substances forced into their stomachs, rabbits can't cry away whatever's put into their eyes. Good analogy Pearl.
One of the most common tests used in Disgusting, we know, but wasn't the draize test abolished some time ago? I'm not at all as up to date as most on these subjects, but I was comfortably sure they were replaced with something else. Please don't tell me I'm sadly mistaken.
Oh dear. I'm sure I once attributed that quote to Sir Paul McCartney.
Protest continues as whaling resumes 237If you read on, you will find that that is in fact a highly conservative figure; and that's not counting non-lethal injury from adverse reactions to prescribed drugs. I know. It's totally mind-boggling...
Wow! Thanks. They're beautiful. Hence my late reply.
I've got high-speed broadband. My daughter's going to love that link. She's so into large mammals, especially elephants.
Otherwise, where's the truth in our claim to having rights?
Ah, so, you've participated on some of the Yahoo vegan groups as well, have you? I don't always click on the links I see there either.
OK. I see what you mean.
Thanks. It's hard not to if you're capable of understanding what a yelp means.
Smacking a new-born baby's bum comes to mind if you want one example.
How on earth can they do such a thing to such lovable and devoted animals? (rhetorical)
FYI, Mark is my middle name. I'm a bit more guarded than I used to be while talking about animal rights and human wrongs these days.
