Bethany Black (@BethanyBlack@mastodon.social)
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After all these years I’m rarely surprised by medical misogyny, but finding out that the research from the first ever tests on period products using blood instead of water were published LAST WEEK is one of those surprises.

Archive link to story here: https://archive.ph/HVNLH

Posted here because there is no community for Absolutely Infuriating (that I know of).

  • TheWheelMustGoOn@feddit.deEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Why kill animals? It’s not like menstrual products don’t work. just keep buying the stuff that works more than others if the little difference between the testing fluids and blood are really existent.

    And it’s not like the products would be better with blood testing. That’s not how capitalism works. It needs to work good enough to be bought with the biggest profit margin possible. So using blood for testing just creates suffering for animals for no reason other than you can put “tested with animal blood” on the box. I wouldn’t see that as a plus

    • Moonrise2473@feddit.itEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Who said to kill animals just for this purpose? That would be irresponsible and incredibly asshole

      The industry is already dumping too much animal blood as a waste, just take a small drop from something that otherwise goes in wastewater anyway

      • TheWheelMustGoOn@feddit.deEnglish
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        11 months ago

        We need to stop using animals. Not extend it. I mean I really don’t get what’s so hard about testing if a product works on humans in the real scenario.