Vannashene Punk

Vannashene likes planets funniest animals.

I’m private

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gender: SG

age: 24 (Nov 13, 1988)

occupation: stoner

fantasy: a cute guy dressed like a droog ; ] exactly like alex from clockwork

makes me sad: dead animals

i lost my virginity: at the virus show at the huntridge

makes me happy: mike and bruce campbell. funny mustaches, my crazy ferrets

into: tattoos, pretty eyes, ppl that have a great sense of humor, basically anyone who make make me laugh . I'm really into philosophy. I like to read and i like ppl that i can talk to about horror films and music, I like people that can teach me something.

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Mar 30, 2008

1998

Sunday

AUGUST 23, 2009 @ 06:41 PM | 1 COMMENT

Cosmetic Testing

Every year, millions of animals suffer and die in painful tests to determine the "safety" of cosmetics and household products. Substances ranging from eye shadow and soap to furniture polish and oven cleaner are tested on rabbits, rats, guinea pigs, dogs, and other animals, despite the fact that test results do not help prevent or treat human illness or injury.

In these tests, a liquid, flake, granule, or powdered substance is dropped into the eyes of a group of albino rabbits. The animals are often immobilized in stocks from which only their heads protrude. They usually receive no anesthesia during the tests.
After placing the substance in the rabbits' eyes, laboratory technicians record the damage to the eye tissue at specific intervals over an average period of 72 hours, with tests sometimes lasting 7 to 18 days. Reactions to the substances include swollen eyelids, inflamed irises, ulceration, bleeding, massive deterioration, and blindness.
During the tests, the rabbits' eyelids are held open with clips. Many animals break their necks as they struggle to escape.
The results of eye irritancy tests are questionable, as they vary from laboratory to laboratory-and even from rabbit to rabbit.
Acute toxicity tests, commonly called lethal dose or poisoning tests, determine the amount of a substance that will kill a percentage, even up to 100 percent, of a group of test animals.

In these tests, a substance is forced by tube into the animals' stomachs or through holes cut into their throats. It may also be injected under the skin, into a vein, or into the lining of the abdomen; mixed into lab chow; inhaled through a gas mask; or introduced into the eyes, rectum, or vagina. Experimenters observe the animals' reactions, which can include convulsions, labored breathing, diarrhea, constipation, emaciation, skin eruptions, abnormal posture, and bleeding from the eyes, nose, or mouth.
The widely used lethal dose...