... relationship with animals is the use of animals in laboratory sciences. Some manufactures of cosmetics and household products still conduct painful and useless tests on live animals, even though no law requires them to do so. Some people, called anti-vivisectionists, are at one extreme ... would benefit the consumer to have up-to-date scientific methods, rather than the outdated, unreliable processes using laboratory animals. I have conducted my own tests on animal tested products and non-animal tested products for a period of a month, I have use shampoo, soap, deodorant and my mother ha...

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... relationship with animals is the use of animals in laboratory sciences. Some manufactures of cosmetics and household products still conduct painful and useless tests on live animals, even though no law requires them to do so. Some people, called anti-vivisectionists, are at one extreme ... would benefit the consumer to have up-to-date scientific methods, rather than the outdated, unreliable processes using laboratory animals. I have conducted my own tests on animal tested products and non-animal tested products for a period of a month, I have use shampoo, soap, deodorant and my mother h...

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... of animals to go through the trauma is definitely animal cruelty. In most cases, the animals will probably end up dead. But in some experiments the tests will run until the animal dies. Such a case is determining the lethal dose of radiation used in cancer therapy. Although researchers claim that they depend ... the morality, the necessity, or the validity of these studies. That is, whether we have the right to perform such tests, whether we need such tests, and whether the tests actually tell us anything useful. Animal rights advocates argue that sentient animals have a right to their o...

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... and people (Menache, 1998). Professional groups of medical doctors, like the Medical Research Modernization Committee, are now at the cutting edge on the scientific movement advocating that animal tests be replaced with the new methodologies. In addition to the priceless contributions to medical science of clinical observation, epidemiology, autopsy studies, non-invasive scanning, we are now entering ... Furthermore, what is more important is the increasing availability of tissues of human origin, which will reduce the margin of error even further, while compared with extrapolating result...

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... attempt to find cures for cancer, Alzheimer's, AIDS, motor neurone disease, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis, asthma, arthritis and a host of other ailments. However, animal rights activists say these tests are cruel, inhumane and unnecessary. "Animals are different to humans in many ways - genetically, anatomically, physiology, emotionally and socially," said a spokesperson for Anti Animal Cruelty. "Therefore it is clear ... and cannot blink their eyes for relief because they are held open by clips. Severe eye ulceration and blindness has resulted and sometimes, the ra...

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... were done on polio-the in vitro work, which was awarded the Nobel prize and which did not involve animals, and the subsequent animal tests, in which close to one million animals were killed and which the Nobel committee refused to recognize as anything more that wasteful. Also, ... by using human clinical and epidemiological studies, cadavers, and computer simulators which are faster, more reliable, less expensive, and more humane than animal tests. Scientists have developed, from human brain cells, a model "microbrain" with which to study tumors, as well as artificial skin and bone marr...

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... animal experiments concern the need to protect human life. The gains in human health and well being outweigh the cost in animal suffering. It would be immoral to conduct such tests on humans, so animals serve as stand-ins for many kinds of testing and research. Those who support animal testing may care deeply about animals but don't place their life ... through animal experimentation. Major development of immunization against diseases involved research compiled through animal testing. Arguments against animal testing may question whether anyone has the right to perform such tests, if th...

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... animal experiments concern the need to protect human life. The gains in human health and well being outweigh the cost in animal suffering. It would be immoral to conduct such tests on humans, so animals serve as stand-ins for many kinds of testing and research. Those who support animal testing may care deeply about animals but don't place their life ... through animal experimentation. Major development of immunization against diseases involved research compiled through animal testing. Arguments against animal testing may question whether anyone has the right to perform such tests, if th...

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... , and is completely unnecessary. This type of experimentation does not benefit humans, and in fact, has very often proved to be harmful. Various tests and testing methods will be examined, particularly in regard to their effects on experimental animals. To further support the premise that vivisection is unnecessary, ... animal's body and quickly stripping it off. The process is repeated until several layers of skin have been exposed." When all of the tests have been completed, the animals that have survived are then killed so scientists can examine their internal organs to see if the app...

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... . The Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration require animal testing for the marketing and distribution of chemicals, vaccines, and drugs. However, both organizations reported that animal tests have 92% failure rate in predicting the safety and effectiveness of medicines ("Soundearth.com," 2010). In most of times, animal testing includes: pain, discomfort, and anxiety ... applied to manufacture mosquito repellents, a substance used to protect humans from diseases carried and transmitted by mosquitoes such as malaria. Before new products are put on the market, ...

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... the survival of rats with artificially induced heart failure, but there was a 30% increase in the mortality rate of humans taking the drug. A drug, which appeared safe in animal tests, Fialuridine, caused liver failure in 7 of 15 humans taking the drug; five died and two required liver transplants. In addition data from unnaturally induced strokes in animals has repeatedly mislead ... other animals prevented animal models from serving as an effective means by which to seek a cure for cancer. The weight adjusted daily gross of saccharin given to rats in animal tests of saccharin's carcino...

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... Rights The problem with testing drugs on animals every year is nearly 100 million animals die in research laboratories at the hands of curious scientists who perform outdated and inaccurate tests that prove no benefit to humans or animals. Before these animals die, they are routinely burned, scalded, poisoned, starved, given electric shocks, addicted to drugs, subjected to near freezing temperatures ... 's guinea pigs. Aspirin: Caused birth defects in rats, mice, monkeys, guinea pigs, cats and dogs, but not humans. This is obvious proof that testing on animals is unreliable, but sadistic...

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... no longer be performed if conclusive data is already available. In 1991 it was discovered that Procter and Gamble had performed experiments on 300 guinea pigs when the data the tests was to obtain was already available ("Animal Testing by the Cosmetic Industry" 2). This is just one of the situations that newer animal testing legislation would have prevented or at ... periods of around three minutes (United States Department of Agriculture 3). This is similar to the procedure followed when a doctor holds a child to administer a vaccination shot. For all surgeries and painful tests, seda...

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... no longer be performed if conclusive data is already available. In 1991 it was discovered that Procter and Gamble had performed experiments on 300 guinea pigs when the data the tests was to obtain was already available ("Animal Testing by the Cosmetic Industry" 2). This is just one of the situations that newer animal testing legislation would have prevented or at ... periods of around three minutes (United States Department of Agriculture 3). This is similar to the procedure followed when a doctor holds a child to administer a vaccination shot. For all surgeries and painful tests, seda...

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Tests are conducted on a wide range of chemicals and products, including drugs, vaccines, cosmetics, household cleaners, pesticides, foodstuffs, and packing materials to ensure their safety. The safety testing of chemicals and ... cause and treatment of many common ailments. The safety testing of chemicals and products is a relatively recent development in history. Safety testing grew out of other forms of testing. Initially, tests were developed to standardize new batches of powerful drugs like digitalis and insulin that were prepared from natural products and that varied in potency from ba...

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... enrichment on mice with Huntington's disease under three conditions: large cage with nine other mice equipped with toys, a cage with a cardboard tube, and standard cage. Results from motor coordination tests proved that mice with the enriched cages did much better than those with standard cages; they also seemed healthier and happier despite their condition (qtd. in Newscientist.com). Lab animals ... them for work (Cothran 51). Ethnologists point out that some animals, such as dogs, cats, and primates practice behavior patterns, that the animals care for each other, and that tests can be ...

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... water on laboratory animals for over twenty years and killed hundreds of thousands of animals only to prove what was already known. Many scientists prefer animal tests as opposed to non-animal tests even though "non-animal tests are often faster, cheaper, and their results are less subject to manipulation [ ]"(Sandler 46). The World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) and the Natural Resources Defense Council ... (NRDC) do not endorse non-animal testing because they cannot scientifically "validate" their relevance to human beings. Unless they can prove that non-animal tests are actually proving t...

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... water on laboratory animals for over twenty years and killed hundreds of thousands of animals only to prove what was already known. Many scientists prefer animal tests as opposed to non-animal tests even though "non-animal tests are often faster, cheaper, and their results are less subject to manipulation [ ]"(Sandler 46). The World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) and the Natural Resources Defense Council ... (NRDC) do not endorse non-animal testing because they cannot scientifically "validate" their relevance to human beings. Unless they can prove that non-animal tests are actually proving t...

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... found how non-accurate these test are when the results are applied in humans. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration reported that 92 out of every 100 drugs that pass animal tests fail in humans (U.S. Food and Drug Administration). The reason for that is very simple, animals and humans have great differences in biology and genetics. Mice, for example, have millions of ... to infect the cell with, and as a responsive reaction they also add white blood cells, just like the body would normally do when fighting against an external disease. In vitro tests have been proven to be more effective...

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... known to shove dogs into inhalation chambers filled with pesticides to make sure it wouldn't be harmful to humans who use it to kill weeds in their lawn. The FDA tests fluoride products by rubbing them on rats' teeth and left for two weeks. To complete the test, scientists must kill all 200 rats (the number of rats they test at ... one time) and bake their heads in an oven to simulate the results of a human's body temperature reacting to the fluoride(Science"). Many people do not see these tests as cruel and unusual in the United States, because they know animal testing goes on in many ...

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... ). Many drugs that have minor or no side effects on animals have provoked extreme reactions in humans (Carlson 75). Though this is true in some cases, the majority of the tests conducted give scientists and researcher a better idea of what they are dealing with. In addition, activists also point out the huge sums of money that goes into testing each year ... . According to the National Institutes of Health, at least forty percent of its grants currently have animal components (Carlson 82). Nevertheless, it would cost the government a lot more if the tests were conducted on people instead ...

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... , another example of the misconceptions is the testing of makeup on animals. Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), while acknowledging that there 'are non-animal tests that are really valuable, informative, cheaper, and quicker' than animal tests, publicly disagreed with the EU ban on cosmetics testing on animals, claiming that 'we need to test these products on live things' instead of ... ...

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... humans and less wasteful. Likewise, wastefulness can also refer to monetary means. Since animal testing is expensive, other methods have proven more cost effective as stated by Mone "Animal-based tests take too long and are too expensive, they say, often requiring several years and millions of dollars or more to carry out" (1). Why then would we want to spend millions ... outcomes of a science experiment using a computer. Computer modeling techniques are lightning-fast, and many cell-based in vitro methods are less expensive and are at a much lower cost than animal tests. Animal testing...

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... to humans (LaFollette). There are no animals, that have the exact DNA and genetic make up as humans, therefore, it would be almost pointless to use the results of these tests for human research and medical analysis. The practice of using animals in applied medical research is highly questionable. Research findings in animals cannot straightforwardly apply to humans (LaFollette). With the ... ) test - recording how much chemical kills 50% of the animals in a test group - even though a majority of scientists agree that the test is a lousy predictor of human risk. In these tests, animals su...

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... animal experiments can be misleading due to the large difference in anatomical and physiological difference between animals and humans. According to specific test animal tests and human results only match 5%-25% of the time. Drugs that pass animal tests end up harming or killing humans about 61% of the time. Vivisection only gives scientists the false accusation that animals can work as ... ...

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