And, since today's environmental laws are based on unscientific data obtained from erroneous animal tests, the tragic result is that far from protecting the public and the environment, such laws and regulations protect the industry and allow the existence of carcinogens, teratogens, and toxicants of all sorts in our food, air, water, home, and workplace. Clearly, policies genuinely intended to protect the environment and the public would have to be based on true science. The problem is that there is an intentionally created vicious cycle that supports many interest groups. In other words, one group creates the problem, one group claims to be assessing and studying the problem, and yet another one pretends to be fighting and solving the problem. Animal research is presented to the public as a scientific methodology for the assessment of chemicals.
Manufacturers claim that they identify chemical hazards through animal testing.
Health institutes claim that if we don't give them carte blanche to conduct animal research, we and our children are destined to die miserable deaths. They claim that civilization and progress go hand in hand with chemical growth. They claim that without animal research, life on planet earth is destined to cease. The fact is that animal research is responsible for the devastation of life on our planet, as well as the disaster caused to our health and the collapse of our economy. Unfortunately, most people as well as the majority of the environmental organizations fail to make this vital connection.