Ethical Effects Of Animal Testing

Animal testing has been around since Aristotle’s time. Since then animal testing really took off for medical uses in the early 19th century. Since then laws have been put on animal testing when congress passed the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act in 1938. It is estimated that 26 million animals are abused in animal testing annually. Some of the causes include animal testing cannot stop or we would have no way of knowing if something is safe or not, assuming that animals and humans have the same DNA, and that if we did not test on animals we would have to test on humans. Effects on this topic would be needless abuse, and deaths of millions of animals, unnecessary testing on animals when there are other methods, and there are so many groups out there that are ready to put this issue to rest. Animal testing began roughly around 300 BC when the Greek scientist Aristotle began testing on animals. It really took off in the 19th century when
If people hear that the product has been tested and that they are safe for use people will buy the product. Most companies are not advising what they test it on so people have no idea what is going on. A large portion of people know or have heard about animal testing but they do not know how many high brand names use animal testing, or what goes on when animals are being tested.
The largest effect of animal testing is the abuse to these animals. Every year 26 million animals are tortured for the human races advancements. Animals used in these experiments range from monkeys all the way down to mice. In most laboratories the animals are subjected to painful tests such as forced inhalation of toxic fumes to rats and mice and force feeding pesticides to dogs to see how much it will take before it kills the animal. The abuse does not stop there either, after an animal has been used to its full potential it is usually euthanized or put to sleep after living a horrific