This document discusses areas where animal experimentation is used. It notes that animal testing, or animal research, refers to using animals in experiments. The main areas discussed are medical/drug research, cosmetics testing, and chemical/household product testing. For medical research, animals like mice, rats and other rodents make up the majority tested and have contributed to advances like vaccines and cancer treatments. Cosmetics testing on animals is controversial as it causes suffering but is currently required in some places. Chemical testing also uses millions of animals worldwide to assess product safety. The document questions whether animal use is acceptable in some areas like cosmetics given alternative methods.
5. Benefits of Animal Research
Penicillin
Mice
Blood Transfusions
Dogs
Meningitis Vaccine
Mice
Kidney Transplants
Dogs and Pigs
Breast Cancer Treatments
Mice, Rats and Dogs
Asthma Inhalers
Guinea Pigs and Rabbits
Polio Vaccine
Mice
Insulin for Diabetics
Dogs
Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease
Monkeys
6. "If your goal is to understand disease and to improve therapy, you're
left with no option. We all work to minimize the use of animals in
our work, and we test as humanely and effectively as possible, but
it's really the essential part of the work."
Dr. Robert Kass
Department Chair, Department of Pharmacology
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8. Cosmetics
Hundreds of thousands of animals are
believed killed each year in test
mandatory for all new cosmetics
companies cost billion dollars every year
for this sector.
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10. Cosmetics used in testing
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Lipstick
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Eye Shadow
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Eyeliner
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Mascara
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Foundation
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Hairspray
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may show if there are any adverse reactions to skin or eyes
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may show if product is toxic
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An animals skin, body, and internal workings are similarly
structured to a humans which gives the closest accurate
results to what a human will experience
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easier for scientists to get funding when using animal testing
as opposed to human testing
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Extremely painful for animals
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Test are extremely expensive
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Test take months or even years to conduct
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All of the animals are killed once the tests are
completed so that their internal organs can be
examined
14. Chemicals
Millions of laboratory animal are used the
world wide in tests to assess the safety of
chemicals. Chemicals form the basis of or
are added to, a huge variety of products in
everyday use.