Pepsi Co o los cabronazos avanzando hacia la bondad

Nunca confío en las grandes empresas, si ya son crueles la pequeñas, las grandes son como buitres sobre los niños que pasan hambre.

Pero hoy me ha llegado una noticia que me ha dado un pequeño atisbo de esperanza...

PepsiCo Declares No More Animal Tests!

* The PepsiCo Foundation funded an experiment that involved surgically implanting testosterone pellets and human prostate tumors in mice and injecting them with an acid compound. Two animals died before the end of the study, when all the animals were killed.

* PepsiCo's partner, Tropicana, funded a student research project that involved injecting 60 young rats with a chemical that causes colon cancer, leaving the majority of these animals to suffer with the disease for seven months, only to be killed at the end of the experiment.

* PepsiCo's affiliate, the Gatorade Sports Science Institute (GSSI), funded an experiment in which mice were infected with a respiratory virus and then forced to exercise on a treadmill for more than two hours for three consecutive days, after which they were all killed.

* The GSSI funded an experiment in which live rats' hind limbs were cut open from the heel to the knee and their muscle tissue was cut out, after which the animals were killed.

* The GSSI awarded several grants to students to conduct animal experiments, such as one in which a student caused rats' muscles to waste away in order to learn how various protein supplements could re-grow the tissue.

Todas estas barbaridades fueron lo que inicio la presión de la peta a la pepsi Company.

La pepsi no cambia porque sus directivos sean la mar de buenos, si no porque le han estado dando caña los de la peta un huevo y no es muy buena publicidad para los niños decirles que la bebida que se está tomando es de una gente que tortura a Baloo o que le da corrientes eléctricas a Nemo.

Y los niños deben beber agua con azúcar, si no quien va a ¿mantener a la industria medicamentos para diabéticos?

Bien por peta que consiguió arrancar este compromiso de Pepsi:

After PETA brought these experiments to the attention of PepsiCo executives, the company began discussions with us regarding what they could do to eliminate animal testing. As a result of this collaboration, PepsiCo has announced that it will not experiment on animals and is pledging to communicate its opposition to animal testing to all entities that the corporation works with.

“PepsiCo does not do any animal testing and does not directly fund testing using animals. … Where testing on animals is not required, PepsiCo strongly endorses efficient and effective research that does not include the use of animals. We will encourage our partners to use alternatives to animal testing and share this statement with organizations we believe to be involved in projects potentially involving animal research done on behalf of PepsiCo or with PepsiCo or PepsiCo Foundation funding.”