Even in an apparently “innocent” product like tea there are doubts and pitfalls. Apparently, the blood of innocent animals also flows in our cup of tea that we drink every morning. Some of the world's largest tea producers, and in particular Lipton, are said to be engaged in rather cruel animal testing and vivisection.
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Even in an apparently “innocent” product like tea there are doubts and pitfalls. Apparently, the blood of innocent animals also flows in our cup of tea that we drink every morning. Some of the world's largest tea producers, and in particular Lipton, are said to be engaged in animal experimentation and rather cruel vivisection.
A to report him is PETA, the largest American association for the defense of animal rights that in an article explains the cruel methods used by Lipton to test (or pay external companies to do so) its products on mice, rats, rabbits and small pigs in order to evaluate the consequences on human health, even though it is now clear that such experiments are not sufficient to establish a direct link and provide reliable information on the consequences for mankind. In particular, according to the association:
- I rabbits they were fed with a high percentage of fats and cholesterol in order to cause them a hardening of the arteries and then, fed with tea, to verify its beneficial action in reducing the lesions formed on the arteries of the animals. After the experiment, the rabbits had their heads cut off.
- I mice they were bred to develop painful intestinal inflammation and then fed tea ingredients to see if it has any beneficial effects on their condition. After the test, the small animals are killed by suffocating them or breaking their necks.
- I rats instead they were forced to eat a diet rich in sugar and then give them tea in order to understand if it can protect against brain damage induced by sugar. Other mice that had a pierced abdominal wall were fed tea ingredients through a tube into the stomach in order to examine the absorption of the tea into the body and then be killed frozen with liquid nitrogen and crushed.
- I mailini instead they were exposed to the E. coli toxin and then fed tea in order to see if this drink had preventative effects against fluid loss and diarrhea. During the tests, the researchers would even cut parts of the intestines while the animals were still alive. The little pigs were then killed.
For this reason, PETA invites everyone, before taking a sip of tea to read the labels carefully, but above all to join them in asking Lipton to stop such cruelty.
This does not mean to stop drinking tea altogether: other brands such as Twinings itself have guaranteed not to test on animals. And has your favorite tea done the same?
Simona Falasca
