Comment on First (I repeat, first) test of menstrual products using actual blood published last week (I repeat, last week)

Moonrise2473@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• TheWheelMustGoOn@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Why kill animals? It’s not like menstrual products don’t work and then 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 products would be better. 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

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  • Moonrise2473@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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

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  • sneezycat@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    We already kill thousands of animals a day, would it be so hard to save some blood instead of throwing it away?

    I think the bigger problem is it may be unsanitary/a biohazard.

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  • gowan@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Also it is a much more expensive way of testing. Water isn’t expensive and doesn’t require special disposal.

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    • Donjuanme@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Water is comparable to blood in very very few ways. Outside of cleaning purposes I don’t want water where my blood is.

      Also menstrual fluid isn’t water.

      I want you to taste test this hamburger for me, you’re going to eat it 3 times a day 60 days a year, and you’re eating the beta version, which is actually a slice of pizza. Enjoy your hamburgers!

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      • gowan@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You don’t need blood to determine the absorbency of the products. We do in fact have a very clear idea how much more viscous blood is compared to water and adjust for that.

        The people who are complaining about this I suspect have very little experience lab sciences.

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