Animal Testing Effectiveness

The destructive use of animals in experiments is not only cruel but also ineffective. Animal testing is a traditional approach to studying how human and animal bodies work. Many scientists who use animals debate that there is no other way to achieve their scientific purposes, and that any pain or distress caused to the animals is outweighed by the benefits of the research. However, is putting the lives of innocent, helpless animals worth it so that someone can enjoy a cosmetic product? On average over 115 million rabbits, dogs, cats, mice, and other animals are burned, poisoned and killed in painful experiments each year for the sake of cosmetics and toiletries. Many brands such as Dove, MAC, Maybelline, Veet, Michael Kors and plenty others

Scientists have been using animals to test medical treatments that could be used on humans, if it does well with the animal. Testing on an animal could help find a new discovery, but it could also put the animal in danger. Over 100 million animals are burned, crippled, poisoned, and abused in US labs every year. A 2013 study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) found that nearly 150 clinical trials of treatments to reduce inflammation in critically ill patients have been undertaken, and all of them failed, despite being successful in animal tests. Animals should not be used to test medical procedures and treatments that would be later on used for humans.

After all, the FDA and the pharmaceutical industry prove that animal testing in drugs used by humans is unreliable. According to the FDA, 92% of drugs tested fail to meet the standards for human use. Animals do not share the same body system or physiological responses as humans, so why test these medication drugs on them? The National Anti-Vivisection Society states that it can be dangerous to apply animal-derived data to humans. Drugs that may be effective in animals may not be safe or effective in humans and vice versa. There are many examples where medications that worked on animals have proven to be dangerous to humans’ health. For example, the antibiotic, penicillin, was ineffective at treating infected rabbits and was toxic to guinea

In this project ,my group members focus on the effect and alternatives of animal testing. Animal testing also known as animal experimentation or in-vivo research is the use of non-human animals in experiments, in other words, it is the procedure performed on living animals for purposes of research into basic biology and diseases. For example, test new medical products, to make sure it is safe for human use. There are many different species are used around the world, but the most common include mice, monkey, fish, rats, rabbits, hamsters, birds, cats, dogs. And farm animals,

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Animal testing has helped us for years discover cures for sickness in humans and sometimes even animals. But as long as they test the animals humanely, animals can be tortured with pain from the testing. However many efforts are being made to reduce the testing to a minimum. Scientists know that without the tests they wouldn’t know how to check the safety of new drugs.

New animal testing alternatives are being tested and introduced every day. Some scientists still believe that inhumane animal practices are still the way to go when it comes to testing medicines and cosmetics. As to most things, controversy crowds around the topic of alternatives to non-animal testing; opinions fly when scientists talk about the topic as well. As the trendy world of cruelty-free everything opens up, one can only question their actions and morals.

For years, the French cosmetic company L’Oréal has coined the slogan, “Because you’re worth it.” However, a look behind the scenes of the cosmetic industry as a whole begs the question: is it really worth it? Over a hundred million animals ranging from mice, rats, rabbits, primates, cats, and dogs, are locked in laboratories across the U.S. and are subjected to chemical, food, cosmetic, and medical tests for human benefit (“Animal Testing 101”). Many of these animals are severely mistreated, and bear the pain of procedures gone wrong. On the flip side, products and medicines have been made safer and more reliable due to the positive contributions of laboratory tests. The issue has sparked over the last several years, leading many people to

The possibility of eliminating animal testing of cosmetic products is completely easy in this modern world. The research has done in the past three decades have developed many advanced alternatives to stop the use of animal for the safety purpose. These methods are the use of human blood, cell lines, artificial skin and computer models. Many multinational companies are using these alternative test methods and have ensured human protection and safety. These alternative methods have totally eliminated the dependence on animal testing (Moran & Locke, 2014).

Every year millions of animals are tested on and poisoned. “The term "animal testing" refers to procedures performed on living animals for purposes of research into basic biology and diseases, assessing the effectiveness of new medicinal products, and testing the human health and/or environmental safety of consumer and industry products such as cosmetics, household cleaners, food additives, pharmaceuticals and industrial/agro-chemicals.” (Humane Society International, 2016). Many animals are forced to inhale toxic fumes and take harmful chemicals in hope for scientists to know the outcome those products will have on humans. This is now proven that even though it may not be harmful for an animal it still may be for humans so it is a pointless attempt to help us, in the long run and killing many of helpless animals in the meantime. Makeup, cosmetics, household products and many more are the harmful things we test on animals to make sure it is “safe” for our use. More animals than you think are being tested by these terrible chemicals such as mice, fish, rats,

Animal testing has helped develop many life-saving treatments for both humans and animals and there are rules that prevent the mistreatment of animals in laboratories. Millions of animals are used each and every year in the United States for scientific and commercial testing. They are used to develop medical treatments, test the effects of medications, check the safety of products, and much more. Research on living animals has been practiced for many years and has provided many benefits to us.

Animal testing is good. If we didn’t test on animals then we wouldn’t know if our medicine worked or not. If we couldn’t test our medicine then we could give a human it and they could die.

Not all medicines that work on animals work on humans. According to ProCon.org “92% experimental drugs that are safe and effective on animals fail on humans because they don’t work or are to dangerous”. I think that if most medicines don’t work then they should try a different method that works better. Maybe if they used a different method it would be better and more effective. One way to not use animals is called In Vitro. In Vitro is the simulation of living organisms by using things such as petri dishes. It also takes more time to do research on animals rather than using In Vitro. According to ProCon.org “Animals make better test objects because of their shorter life span”. If you use In Vitro you don’t have to worry about animals dying.

The type of things that the scientists test for includes: skin and eye irritation where the scientist rub chemicals onto their shaved skin or dripped in the eyes of the rabbits that are being tested (Humane Society International, 2016). Repeated forced feeding lasts from weeks to possibly months. They do this to test to show any sign of illness and or any specific health issues that may occur with products being tested. There is also another test that scientist’s do which is the lethal test, where animals are forced to swallow a large amount of test chemicals to see the amount they can take until they die. The test that scientists do causes pain, blindness swollen eyes, sore bleeding skin and also internal bleeding and damaged organs. What normally occurs after a scientific experiment they don’t try fix the issues they cause or try relieve the pain.

Animal testing has long played a part in the science of testing, and it still plays a very important role in the medical world. Testing on animals in order to create a cure for AIDS is one thing, but testing on animals for human vanity is another. Animal testing is used to test the safety of a product. It has kept some very unsafe substances out of the cosmetic world. However, in this day in age, animal testing is not the only way to test the safety of a product. Animal testing in cosmetics has decreased over the years. However, it is still used by many companies in America. Animal testing is not only cruel, but it is also unnecessary in today’s advanced scientific world.