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.
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
sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
gowan@reddthat.com 10 months ago
Also it is a much more expensive way of testing. Water isn’t expensive and doesn’t require special disposal.
Donjuanme@lemmy.world 10 months 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!
gowan@reddthat.com 10 months 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.
Donjuanme@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’m sitting between my hplc and gcms, if you think pH and acidity (both carefully controlled for by the body) have nothing to do with absorption you might have very little experience with lab sciences.
It’s about much more than viscosity, it’s about evaporation rate, chemical balance, and yes some absorbency. I would say just using generic human blood isn’t enough, the chemistry within the vagina is self regulated like no other part of the human body, it’s kinda the key organ to life’s continuance.
Moonrise2473@feddit.it 10 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