Animal Testing What product features grab the attention of the customer who strolls down the cosmetic aisle of the store? Is it the discovery of which perfume smells appealing or which brand of shampoo is the cheapest? Or does the consumer consider whether animals suffered during testing to ensure that the purchased shampoo or perfume was safe for human use? My guess is probably not. Little does our society recognize that many drugs‚ cosmetic items‚ and household chemicals have been rigorously
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thought that by testing products on animals it would better our economy. Society says it is okay to test on animals because they depend on them to see if a product or drug works and its effects. Animals are different from humans in many different ways “The idea is that the animal model will tell you something about how this drug is going to perform in humans” (The Autistic Mouse and Other Unlikely Stories 2). Despite the many alternatives‚ researchers are still sticking to testing on animals for more results
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In 17th century Harvey experimented on numerous animal and his aim was to demonstrate blood circulation. Over the late 19th and the 20th centuries‚ the development of medical science meant that the numbers of animals used in research accelerated over 5.5 million. Animals played a huge role in medical expansion in 20th century. The production of insulin‚ penicillin‚ the elimination of smallpox and other drugs had a huge impact on the medical field. The use of mammals in scientific research is a
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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‚
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Animal testing has been a debate for 30 years as the practice raises ethical and moral questions. Each year‚ more than 100 million animals are killed in the United States ("Experiments on Animals: Overview”). Animal testing is the procedure where animals are used for testing of drugs‚ cosmetic‚ food‚ and chemical testing. It is done before human trials take place so that researchers and scientists can modify the product before asking human testers to try it. With the current technology‚ the debate
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Animal Testing: Right or wrong? A topic that has always been close to many people hearts is the one of animal testing. Some believe that it is right completely‚ some that it is right but only under certain circumstances and others that believe that all animal testing is wrong and will go to extraordinary lengths to stop it. There are many organisations that are against animal testing and that arrange protest marches and demonstrations against it. This is an important issue as there are so many
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Animal Testing is Animal Cruelty “A procedure which is likely to cause … pain‚ suffering‚ distress‚ or lasting harm.” This is how the government defines animal experimentation (Spriet-Pourra). Many products are currently being tested on animals. They‚ however‚ do not prove to be very accurate at all. This is causing much money to be lost‚ along with countless animal lives. Innocent animals should not have to undergo the pain from the testing they undergo‚ nor death for a slight chance of an accurate
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Animal testing has been used by many companies ever since the 1960s. Companies have been using animals in a cruel way to test and prove that their new products are not dangerous. People from the companies who use animals for commercial testing are heartless people that can do harsh things to animals. Animal testing is cruel and inhumane‚ most experiments fail‚ and animals can get hurt just like humans‚ therefore animal testing should be banned. Cruel and Inhumane Using animals for scientific and
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condoning animal experimentations. Many name brands‚ such as Clorox and L’Oreal‚ use horrible methods to test their products on animals. To be specific‚ roughly 170‚000 rabbits are bred and used purely for testing in the beauty industry and go through chemical blindness and fur loss because of a product meant for humans. How is that humane? Rabbits are not the only animals that are succumbed to the sickening procedures of experiments. Primates‚ cats‚ dogs‚ mice and rats are also some animals that are
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An issue that is being discussed is whether people should promote animal testing. Certainly‚ animal testing can be successful sometimes in saving lives but I believe that it is more important to think about animals dying than people being saved because usually it is unsuccessful which basically results in animals dying for no good reason. In other words‚ I believe that animal testing should not be allowed because it results in poor test results‚ is cruel and inhumane‚ and may mislead researchers
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