Tzinberg Pg.2 In Draize eye tests, a liquid, flake, or powdered substance is dropped into the eyes of a group of rabbits and only their heads are out of containment. Their eyes are sometimes held open with clips so the solution can be put onto their eyes, and result of this, the rabbits severely injure themselves if they try to escape. They usually receive no anesthesia during the tests. After placing the substance into the rabbit’s eyes, lab technicians record the damage to the eye tissue at specific times over a three-day period. The tests sometimes last seven to eighteen days. Reactions to the substances include swollen eyelids, bleeding, and blindness. During the tests, rabbit’s eyelids are usually held open with clips and because of this, many animals break their necks as they try to escape. Acute toxicity tests, commonly called poisoning tests, determine the amount of a substance that will kill up to one hundred percent of a group of test animals. In these t

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