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March of Dimes Crimes Against Animals Please make these additional MARCH OF DIMES contacts: Please write a letter to the editor, to The Journal News. Last year MOD
felt compelled to put in a response to my letter. 250 wds or less, incl
name, address, phone # for verification. FACT SHEET BELOW.
Also: if you haven't yet done so, please contact the new MOD
spokesperson, Kelly Clarkson. March of Dimes National Headquarters is in
New York; the main MOD activities are here. March of Dimes is CLEARLY
seeking out the 'youth' support/money by recruiting Kelly Clarkson; note
they didn't recruit Phyllis Diller. Please contact Ms. Clarkson and inform her what she is wasting her
'celebrity' on. 'Seinfeld' star Jason Alexander ended his spokesperson
relationship with KFC after being informed of the true horror in The Bucket;
he now speaks out against them. Factsheet below is from the Peta website
www.marchofcrimes.com
. Pick out a few highlights and include in your letter. Email:
[email protected] cc MOD Headquarters: [email protected]
FACTSHEET: The March Of Dimes' Crimes Against Animals Experimenters funded by the
March of Dimes have: sewn shut newborn kittens' eyes, then killed them after
they had endured a year of blindness. put newborn kittens in completely dark
chambers, then killed them after three to five months.
removed fetal kittens from the uterus, implanted pumps into their backs
to inject a drug that destroys nerves, then re-implanted the fetuses in the
uterus. After the kittens were born, they were killed and studied. implanted
electric pumps into the backs of pregnant rats to inject nicotine, even
though the dangers of cigarette smoking to human babies is already known.
injected pregnant rats with cocaine, though the dangers of cocaine to human
babies is already known. injected newborn opossums with alcohol, decapitated them an hour to 32
weeks later, then removed and studied the gonads (immature sexual organs),
though the dangers of alcohol to human babies is well known. transplanted organs from pigs to baboons, most of whom died within hours.
transplanted organs from guinea pigs to rats. destroyed the ear drums of unborn lambs, then killed the mother sheep and
lambs just before birth to examine the brains. Despite these experiments, the Centers for Disease Control reports that
birth defects are occurring more often. Of 38 birth defects studied over a
10-year period, an astounding 27 have increased in frequency, nine occur at
the same rate, and only two have decreased in frequency. There are many reasons for this, but the most important is that the human
physiology is vastly different from the physiologies of other species. It�s
true that all animals are sentient beings capable of feeling pain, but the
similarities essentially end there. For example, testing chemicals, pharmaceutical drugs, and addictive
substances on pregnant animals and then trying to apply the results to
humans is a waste of lives and money because humans are so different from
other animals. Consider that: humans have a longer period of fetal development, so may be more
sensitive to birth defect-causing agents than other species. genetic differences among species of animals affect the way they react to
chemicals. different species develop in utero at different rates and along different
schedules, calling into question animal studies on chemicals that affect
fetuses at different stages of development. differences in the placenta may affect the absorption of chemicals among
species. the route of administration of a potential birth defect-causing
agent to the animal may not be the most common route of human exposure. For instance, animals may be given nicotine intravenously, whereas human
exposure is through inhaling cigarette smoke. animals are rarely given
chemicals on the same time schedule as humans. Animals are usually given a
large amount of a substance over a short period, while people are usually
exposed to small amounts over a long period. stress imposed by animal handling, food or water deprivation, and
restraint have been shown to affect test results. animals learn and show intelligence differently from humans, and animal
studies usually cannot detect a substance�s potential for causing learning
or behavioral problems in babies. Even birth defects researchers admit the difficulty of interpreting
animal tests because any substance can harm fetal development if given in
the right dose to the right species at the right time. This is called "Karnofsky's
Law" and it�s often used by experimenters to excuse the inaccuracy of animal
studies. Human Studies Save Human Lives Virtually all known developmental hazards were identified through studies
of human populations. Human-based research identified: the dangers of thalidomide, a drug
commonly given to pregnant women in the 1950s that resulted in severe
physical deformities; animal studies had shown thalidomide to be safe. The risk of birth defects associated with rubella during pregnancy. The association of folic acid deficiency with spinal cord abnormalities.
The disastrous effects of lead, methyl mercury, and alcohol on developing
fetuses. March of Dimes could save more babies if� �it put donations into under-funded programs that have been proven to
prevent birth defects and help babies. An estimated 25 percent of all infant deaths could be prevented if
adequate pre-natal care were provided for the 1.2 million women who need it
every year. Infant deaths would decrease by as much as 10 percent if women who smoke
(25 percent of pregnant women) gave up cigarettes during pregnancy. Alcohol abuse during pregnancy is the leading cause of preventable birth
defects, and there are not enough affordable addiction treatment programs
for the women seeking help�yet precious resources are wasted injecting rats
and other animals with alcohol. The establishment of a National Birth Defects Registry can help to
identify causes�and pave the way toward prevention of�birth defects. Data
from the registry could be analyzed to look for possible patterns or
clusters of birth defects that may be associated with certain environmental
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