Every year our air, water, soil and farm products become increasingly toxic, poisoned by millions of tons of deadly chemicals, most of them tested on animals. Animal testing is the unscientific methodology used by the chemical/pharmaceutical industry to assess toxic compounds before putting them out on the market. The inconclusive, erroneous nature of animal testing creates a smoke screen – an alibi which permits the continued manufacture of thousands of toxic and hazardous chemicals. Animal testing conveys a false illusion of safety but all it ensures is a continued demand for “newer” and “improved” products. The tragic result is that these seemingly “safety tested” poisons are the very ones which pollute our air, food and water and are devastating our planet.