How much does it cost to get rid of wrinkles or take drugs containing botox? The survival of 400 animals a year that are used in tests for botulinum toxin. A record figure reported in a new study by the European Coalition against Animal Testing.
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How much does it cost to get rid of wrinkles or take drugs containing botox? The survival of 400 animals a year that are used in tests for botulinum toxin. A record figure reported in a new study by the European Coalition against Animal Testing.
Used as guinea pigs to test botox, a product that is widely used not only in the cosmetic field, but also in medicine, in fact its experimentation unfortunately is not among those prohibited by the European directive that prevents the use of animals in the laboratory.
In fact, botulinum toxin continues to be injected on mice despite the fact that the alternative is already there and does not involve the use of animals at all, it is an alternative method based on cell cultures obtained 'in vitro' which replace the cruel test. toxicological LD50.
As we know, botox has not only a cosmetic use, but in medicine it is used in the treatment of diseases such as chronic migraine, muscular dystonia, axillary hyperhidrosis (excessive axillary sweating) and, in the ophthalmic field, for the treatment of strabismus or for the treatment of blepharospasm (disease characterized by forced and involuntary closing of the eyelids).
Mice and botox, a cruel test that slowly kills them
Why is botox injected on mice and rats? To test its toxicity through the LD50 test which stands for Lethal Dose 50, the figure indicates that it can cause the death of 50% of the sample.
The European Coalition against Animal Experimentation (ECEAE) has been fighting a real battle for over four years to prevent the administration of botox on animals, but the document reveals that even today 400 animals are used and their fate depends on a needle.
Forced to live in tiny cages during the test, mice and rats die after a slow agony of convulsions. These small animals are paralyzed by Botox and their respiratory systems gradually become blocked leading to suffocation. As we said, the pharmaceutical companies continue this type of experimentation because they bypass the legislative constraint in which the ban exists, but refers to spreadable cosmetics, while botox is in fact injected.
Each batch was tested on hundreds of mice. Botox is injected into the abdomen as researchers observe how many animals survive. But at the end of the experiment they are in any case suppressed.
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Dominella Trunfio
