Animals are the primary test subjects for experimental research being performed in the scientific field around the world today. Despite the widespread use of animal testing‚ the issue remains a thriving debate formed on the argument of morality over practicality and function. Many proponents of animal testing argue that the research performed on these test subjects has led to medical breakthroughs that would still be a mystery today without the use of animals as testing subjects. Proponents correlate
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Animal Testing Shouldn’t Be Banned The exploitation of animals in experimentation isn’t a new issue because it could be traced back to the fourth century BC when Aristotle and his contemporaries used to perform experiments on animals. Besides‚ in the twelfth century‚ the Arab physician Avanzoar used animals to test his new surgery techniques before performing them on humans. Today‚ due to the advancement of the medical field‚ physicians rely excessively on animal testing
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Why Animal Testing is Bad Europe‚ which has the largest cosmetics market in the world‚ along with Israel‚ and India all have banned animal testing for cosmetics. They also banned the sale and import of newly animal tested beauty products (“11 Facts About Animal Testing”). The US should follow in the footsteps of these countries to help reduce animal testing rates. There are also some alternative testing options that don’t require animals to be used all the time (“In Testing | Alternatives to Animal
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Should animal testing be banned? For many centuries people have experimented on animals. The two main reasons for doing this is first‚ to find out more about the animals themselves‚ and‚ secondly‚ to test out substances and procedures to see if they are harmful and decide whether it can be used on human beings or not. In the second category fall cosmetic products as well as medicines and surgical techniques. There is a growing consensus that it is not acceptable to test cosmetic products on animals
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Anjum Fighting Animal testing! Animals have been a part of scientific experiments ever since 17th century and expanded across Europe over the 19th century. The advancement of the medical science made testing medicines on animals legal in the Medicines Act‚ 1968 which majorly accelerated the number of animals tested upon to over 5.5 million in 1970. Even though animals aided in most medical advances such as insulin‚ polio vaccine‚ penicillin and elimination of small pox‚ the animal welfare standards
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on animals. Companies use cosmetic testing as a defense to avoid law suits in case anything happens. Even Dove tests on animals which led to the death of its trademark. It’s unfortunate‚ but it’s so that we know your lipstick will not suddenly murder you. The few foolish companies that do not test on animals‚ such as Bath and Body Works‚ Burt’s Bees‚ Urban Decay‚ the Body Shop‚ M.A.C‚ Clinique‚ Kate Spade‚ E.L.F‚ Chanel‚ and Revlon‚ obviously don’t know what they’re doing. Cosmetic testing on innocent
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phrase animal testing but perhaps none of them actually know what it is or what it is involved with. Animal testing refers to experimentation‚ which is carried out on animals; it is used to ensure safety and effectiveness from medication to cosmetics. While some supporters consider it as a necessary practice‚ others believe it involves the torture of animals thus they oppose its use. Animal testing is conducted
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The Two Sides to Animal Testing Animal experimentation is a highly controversial subject throughout the world and in the 20th century the public has become increasingly aware of the two sides to animal testing. The earliest dated animal testing can be traced back to 384-322 BCE and it is still a common practice to this day. There are a few disagreements that are highly debated about animal experimentation such as the importance of the testing for scientific and medical goals‚ the suffering of
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Animal Testing Alison A. Risko Middle Township High School Imagine a world where humans are taken to laboratories and tested on in a callous manner. A world where people are injected with harsh drugs and chemicals that physically and mentally harm their bodies and their life. If this scenario does not sound acceptable to act upon humans‚ then it surely cannot be right for animals. Right now in the world thousands of animals are experiencing this
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much debate over whether animal testing should be allowed or not. Some people think that it is not essential to sacrifice animals for human benefit because they are being abused and tortured severely during experiments. Those People who stand against animal testing claim that humans eliminate many lives on Earth in order to safe humans ’ lives‚ So there is no justice because even animals have the right to live on earth‚ yet these people do not consider the truth that animals are being used in the food
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