Bethany Black (@[email protected])
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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).

  • @[email protected]English
    39•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

    • @[email protected]English
      -32•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.

      • @[email protected]English
        31•11 months ago

        Because testing things in laboratories for healthcare requires stringent and rigorous controls. It’s a lot easier to standardise animal blood than human blood, and as the comment above highlighted - animal blood is already a waste product, whereas human blood is highly valuable for directly saving lives.

        Arguing for less animal usage is a nobler cause, but this is not the fight to pick for it.