1. Animal Experimentation
It has been found that animal testing was unnecessary when pressure was applied to cosmetics-industry and product-safety testing 10 years ago (Horvitz 40). ... Scientist argue against finding alternatives to animal testing because, they're not sure if they can make test subjects or computer programs, that will give them the information they need. ... The EPA still conducts the Lethal Dose 50 (LD50) 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. ... LD 50 is by far...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate