Animal Testing: Unnecessary Cruelty?
August 08, 2006 by
Mohandas K. Gandhi said it best, "To my mind, the life of the lamb is no less precious than that of a human being. I should be unwilling to take the life of the lamb for the sake of the human body. I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man
from the cruelty of man."
If so, then why are cosmetic industries still testing on animals? Innocent annimals are being tortured and killed each day for the sake of making people more beautiful. The main animal tests carried out for toiletries and cosmetics include tests for substance irritants, skin sensitivity, photosensitivity, and toxicity tests. The effects on animals can range from mildly unpleasant to extremely unpleasant, depending on the substance tested and the type of test done. Some tests can result in the death of the creature in concern.
Alternatives to animal testing are being discovered each and every day. Some of the alternatives available today are: TestSkin- which uses human skin grown in a sterile plastic bag and can be used for measuring irritancy, and EpiPack- which uses cloned human tissue to test potentially harmful substances.
Today, in-vitro tests (meaning "in glass") as opposed to in-vivo (meaning "whole animal") have become more widely used because of advances in tissue culture techniques and other analytical methods. The testing on animals for some products is necessary; however, there are many products and ingredients already available whose safety has been demonstrated by years of use on humans.
If so, then why are cosmetic industries still testing on animals? Innocent annimals are being tortured and killed each day for the sake of making people more beautiful. The main animal tests carried out for toiletries and cosmetics include tests for substance irritants, skin sensitivity, photosensitivity, and toxicity tests. The effects on animals can range from mildly unpleasant to extremely unpleasant, depending on the substance tested and the type of test done. Some tests can result in the death of the creature in concern.
Alternatives to animal testing are being discovered each and every day. Some of the alternatives available today are: TestSkin- which uses human skin grown in a sterile plastic bag and can be used for measuring irritancy, and EpiPack- which uses cloned human tissue to test potentially harmful substances.
Today, in-vitro tests (meaning "in glass") as opposed to in-vivo (meaning "whole animal") have become more widely used because of advances in tissue culture techniques and other analytical methods. The testing on animals for some products is necessary; however, there are many products and ingredients already available whose safety has been demonstrated by years of use on humans.
Animal-rights activists use tales from the 60s and examples of the one drug that caused adverse reactions in 0.00000001% of the people that took it to argue that animal testing is evil and ineffective. People need to realize how crucial animal testing is to all of us.
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There are no valid justifications to support the continued use of animals in scientific experiments. Millions of animals are used for various scientific tests. These tests are unethical, and many effective and practical alternatives exist.
By Justin Erickson | Published 8/10/2006 | Read more »
PETA's arguments and activities against scientific animal testing labs. A look into why animal testing is necessary, how PETA impedes scientific progress by terrorizing animal testing and PETA's misguided doctrines against animal Testing
By Adwin | Published 2/21/2007 | Read more »
Animal testing is done all over the world involving defenseless animals being tortured, but this practice is not necessary.
By Starlite | Published 8/19/2007 | Read more »
Animal testing and experimentation has been going on since around the third and fourth centuries BC in Ancient Greece. But now that there are alternatives to testing on animals why are we still doing it?
By Melanie Neer | Published 10/29/2007 | Read more »
Animal Testing is often thought of as animals being mistreated and put through torturous tests, but the truth about animal testing is it is a regulated way to test the safety of products in a scientific way.
By Kyle | Published 9/24/2007 | Read more »
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- Progress toward the widespread use of alternatives will continue to gain strength.
- Some tests can result in the death of the creature in concern.
- Alternatives to animal testing are being discovered each and every day.
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