The Testing Of Humans

... information from animal observations shows that animals do, in fact, suffer. Because of an animal s inability to communicate or reason, does that mean that humans have the right to decide their fate? Testing a company s product on animals doesn't t mean that it will necessarily be safe for humans. For example, the drugs Oraflex, Selacryn, Zomax, Meritol, and Suprol have produced side effects, ... even death, in humans. Results from animal testing predicted that the drugs would all be safe in humans. Why should scientists test products on animals when they don t predict safety of humans?...

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... studies they may be on. There is three main reasons why a lot of people think that animal testing should stop. Many of them think that animals have rights too, it is a wasteful, and that the experiments are inhumane. Many people have argued that animals have human rights too. Like humans, animals are living creatures with interests in their own lives and freedom. To treat them ... animals, like for example, finding a new vaccine or a cure, it still comes down to a waste of time and the gathering of information is not efficient. The Food and Drug Administration reports that 92 out of eve...

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... , but sometimes it is very necessary. We as humans should focus on preserving human life. Caring for animals and other species is very important, but we must never put animals before ourselves because we are the dominant species. The idea of animal testing is considered morally wrong by animal protectionists, but M.A. Fox justifies the practice by explaining how humans are able to take responsibility for their actions ... and have a sense of the past, present, and future unlike animals. He also establishes that animals do not have the same rights as humans. If the results from the testin...

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... products on animals? I ask my self these questions when it comes to the topic of animal testing. All living organisms are part of an on going cycle; from the tiny particles in the air to plants to human beings, we"re all correlated in one way or another. All the things in between plants and humans need to be present for existence because one could not be present ... with out the other and the life cycle chain would be broken. This chain works ... used in these experiments; or at least to reduce the pain of these poor creatures. Rats and mice make up the majority of animals used in rese...

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... 2,000 years and keep is going strong. According to Huggins (2000), " Egyptians used cats to test the so-called panacea 1000 years ago." testing on animals is a widely debated about topic all over the world. Some say it is inhuman while others say it's for the good of human kind. There are many different reasons why people perform experiments and why others total disagree with ... reactions. Other people say that they can communicate and react to humans just a well as one person to another. Some of the animals the research's use are not domesticated which makes them extremely hard to con...

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... which cannot speak or defend themselves against humans, have a fundamental right no live out their lives without human interference" ("Animal"). This question has been asked over and over again for the past few decades. Medical research involving animals has done much to promote the health of the human race. Were it not for animal testing, the cure for Polio would not exist and ... testing is that it allows scientists to test create and test new drugs. In a poll conducted by ICR Survey Research, out of 1,004 people, sixty-two percent said that they think it is okay to use animals to tes...

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... . Many argue that animals are not on the same level as humans however they shouldn't be harmed even if they are not morally equal. They possess just as much sentiment as us so we have no right to expose them to cruelty in the form of testing. People including scientists argue that they are only using animal testing for the benefit of the human race, but I believe that we ... stuffed into small boxes restricting movement. What would happen if humans were treated in a similar fashion? It would spark controversy around the planet, however animal testing slips under the radar due to the clai...

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... are only some of the many failed recalled drugs that have been approved from animal testing. In fact 95% of drugs passed by animal tests are immediately discarded as useless or dangerous to humans. [www.animalliberationfront.com] In a quote from Professor Andre Passebecq, President of the International League of Doctors Against Vivisection he portrays his view on the inaccuracy of animal testing. "Experiments on ... animals lead inevitably to experiments on people...As if an animal experiment could ever predict the same result on a person. And as ... animal, has its very own reactions....

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... help researchers create a cure and benefit humans from that disease. Also by testing the drug on animals, it helps ensure the safety of the drugs and many other substances that humans use regularly. By viewing the side effects of the drugs then scientist can tell if the drug is safe for humans to use regularly. Human lives are saved by animal experimentations. The main reason for animal research to be continued ... is that it is beneficial to humans and science. Animal experimentation is not only beneficial to humans but to animals as well. Due to testing of vaccines ... or antibiotics...

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... could be using that money for more important causes. For example, "[the] commission on Research & Innovation, launched a $68-million research initiative to develop lab technologies and computational models capable of predicting the toxicity of chemicals in humans" (Mone 1). This is an example of how people are trying to work to find less expensive and humane ways of testing. For instance, in vitro methods. In Vitro method is used ... to solve or predict the outcomes of a science experiment using a computer. Computer modeling techniques are lightning-fast, and ... ...

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