Alternatives to Animal Testing Throughout history‚ animal testing has been used for a variety of research and tests‚ but we never stop to realize the cruelty and inhumanity of their environments. Gandhi once said‚ “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated” (qtd. in Hajar). Animal testing is unnecessary and irrational because we have the technology to replace the inhumane testing‚ which proves to be even more accurate and precise with its
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Drug Testing for Welfare As of today‚ over sixteen percent of Americans are receiving some form of welfare benefits. “Welfare is classified as a statutory procedure or social effort designed to promote the basic physical and material well-being of people in need”: Welfare is provided by the government‚ both state and federal. (http://dictionary.com/browse/welfare) The government receives the money from the taxpayers in order to support welfare recipients. Tax payers are the working class.
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Our actions are justified by the simple concept of “who you would rather choose to die‚ a rat or a human?” According to Scholz et al. (2013) testing chemicals on vertebrates is essential to determine environmental hazards and to assess the risks. However‚ these tests are often considered inappropriate and raise ethical and financial concerns. Animal testing is not only unethical‚ but it is also unnecessary‚ unreliable and a waste of money. Due to the inequality with regards to the value
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using them. It was inhuman to do these testing on humans which is why we started testing in animals. I do believe that we could find another subject to test. We know have the technology the replicate the human body and how it reacts to certain things. We can have tester subjects that are not living‚ therefore the
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Drug testing welfare recipients is an excellent idea. For instance‚ random drug testing would help substance-abusing welfare recipients conquer their drug problems. Drug testing would be very helpful to the ones who are not substance abusing to actually get the help they deserve. It’s also great because most recipients have children which is what the benefits should be for if the recipient has TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy). Now there are plenty of recipients who abuse the programs like
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Animal Testing Animal testing or animal experimentation is the use of non-humans in experiments conducted inside of universities‚ medical schools and pharmaceutical and commercial facilities. The researchers study genetics‚ toxicity testing and cosmetic testing also animals are breezed for education and defense research. Animal testing should not be continued because the tests put animal through pain‚ some tests do not even work and there are alternative which protect animals that can be used instead
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Genetics refer to heredity as well as variations. Both the variation and heredity are controlled and dominated by genes. Genetic testing is considered a medical test. It helps to identify the changes that have been screened in genes‚ proteins and chromosomes as well. Genetic testing has been popularized over the past few years as it shows some importance in human life. According to Clarke (2013)‚ it helps to identify as well as reveal the changes or mutations in genes. Gradually‚ it helps to identify
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science‚ and let’s look at how animal testing has positive and negatives. One ferocious way we use small creatures to improve life‚ is treating and preventing cancer. There are infinite ways to acquire any type of cancer‚ but scientists aren’t sure how to stop or prevent it yet. No one particularly enjoys cancer‚ so we sure as heck aren’t going to inject an innocent and gullible human with cancerous toxins‚ so our best bet is furry little creatures. ("Animal Testing - ProCon.org.") All though it is
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available to most anyone. Too many individuals take the benefits given to them and unfairly use them. If certain regulations were to be set in place‚ many abusers of the system would stop taking advantage. Drug testing should be required in order to receive welfare benefits because drug testing would aid in stopping drug use‚ because able-bodied recipients would be pushed to look for jobs‚ and because most working citizens are required to take drug tests in order to work. The first reason why individuals
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the process of animal experimentation or‚ animal testing. Around 20 million animals are subjected to this type of research annually in the United States alone (Gershoff 98). This specific
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