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[Noir]

In other news: GM Food Activists are up in arms with this http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/03/news/clone.php

[nullmouse]

Originally Posted by Keilan 303

Interesting fact, the first antibiotic (Penicillin) had been delayed for over 10 years after misleading results with experimenting on rabbits...had the drug been tested on guinea pigs, it would have been scrapped altogether, as it kills them! Of course, we know penicillin to be safe for our consumption...

Searched more in to this today - There's a good read here (http://www.rds-online.org.uk/pages/p...&i_ToolbarID=2). For those that don't want to read the whole link, here's a choice quote:

High daily doses of very impure penicillin killed 95% of guinea-pigs within 3-4 days. When the purity was increased tenfold, 60% died. We now know that even these preparations were only 60% pure. This it is quite likely, and is actually suggested in the 1943 paper, that the impurities in the early samples of penicillin were responsible for some of the toxicity. The paper also went to great pains to emphasise that the toxicity of penicillin for guinea-pigs did not mean that penicillin was toxic for people:
“When treated with the same dose of penicillin per kilogram as the given to man guinea pigs did not die and, in fact, failed to show any signs of toxicity.”

Or, basically, the animal rights campaigners have neglected to point out that the conclusion of the study they claim shows guinea pigs die from penicillin refers to the impurities in the treatment, not to the penicillin itself.

[Sue Denim..]

It seems that they are going to pick on Edinburgh Zoo now because of the new Polar Bear enclosure being built.

[stroppycow]

Well stated Keilan, and backed up with the relevant stats.

[nullmouse]

Originally Posted by stroppycow

Well stated Keilan, and backed up with the relevant stats.

Didn't you read anything I posted? Or have you confused Keilan with me?