Posted on Aug 8, 2011 | Comments Off on Like People Predicting The End Of The World, Animal Activists Will Eventually Be Right
If you are a European who might be allergic to some compounds in cosmetics, you are out of luck. In 2009, outside a few exceptions, the European Union banned the use of animals in cosmetic testing - though they still allow it in plenty of other things. Heck, in the UK 91% of basic research using animal testing was found to have a societal benefit and, while that was a failure to...
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Posted on Jun 23, 2011 | Comments Off on Is There A Coffee Drinking Pathology?
Addiction is a beast, I am told. Perhaps I am addicted to coffee - I have given it up on occasion for a few months, like I have meat, pastas and breads, but never quit like people quit smoking or heroin. If it's my only vice, and it would seem to be, that is likely not so bad.Pathology is something else. Some people say addiction is a disease, as in people who pathologically...
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