To test or not to test Have you eaten a hamburger recently? ... During a lethal dose test, the experimental substance is forced into the animals throats, or is pumped into their stomachs by a tube, sometimes causing death by stomach rupture or from the sheer bulk of the chemical dosage. ... Animal testing is cruel and merciless. ... To continue using animals as test subjects is both impractical and immoral. So, now I ask you the question, to test or not to test. ...

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The Big Decision: Whom do we Test? ... Their deaths should be remembered and mourned. One alternative to testing on animals is testing on prisoners. ... Another alternative to medical testing on animals is testing on people who are willing to have medications tested on them and get paid for it. ... Why not test them on humans since that's who needs them? ...

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One major point discussed by all three authors is the cruelty used in animal testing. ... " There are minimal rules to these tests. ... The article, "Animal Testing," goes deeper and stirs more arguments by talking about the failed tests on animals. ... "Vioxx showed that it have protective effect on the hearts of mice, yet the drug went on to cause more than 27,000 heart attacks and sudden cardiac deaths before being pulled from the market.... Animal testing has become a worldwide debate. ...

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These cruel acts are due to animal testing. ... Some negative reactions were "heart failure, respiratory problems, convulsions, kidney and liver failure and death." ... Furthermore, the three leading causes of death, which are heart disease, cancer and stroke, can most likely be prevented with out using animal testing. ... Vitro tests are conducted on live human cells that are cultured in petri dishes or test tubes. With these tests, scientist can find possible effects of a chemical on the human body with out the testing of animals. ...

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Every year, millions of animals undergo painful suffering or death as a result of scientific research into the effects of drugs, food additives, cosmetics and other chemical products. ... Since animals share many features with humans, scientists use animals to test the safety and effectiveness of newly developed drugs before testing it on humans. ... Another concern for this group is that many of the tests are ineffective and are non-essential. ... This is called the Draize test. The Draize test does not guarantee human safety but is detrimental to these animal's lives. ...

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We do not think about the innocent, little bunnies that bleed from the lethal chemicals injected into their skin that lead to violent seizures and painful death. ... No product is worth the death of so many animals when there are many other, more efficient tests that do not involve or harm animals' lives. ... The most common tests are on the animal's skin and eyes. ... Cosmetic testing on animals is cruel and inhumane. ... Research methods such as human skin model tests and donated body parts could replace the skin corrosion tests on kittens. ...

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Others believe that is a safer approach to test new health products. ... The product is either inhaled, ingested, or tested through eye/skin contact. ... For example, in eye irritation testing, rabbits are commonly used. ... These experiments are not all make it through the animal testing stage, in fact, the numbers of products that make it to human testing are small, and the number of products that make it to the shelf are even smaller. 1 in 10,000 tested products are shipped to stores. ... "A life is a life," Chris DeRose Head of an animal right's foundation stated, " If the dea...

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The essential question at hand is as follows: does the possibility of great human gain (i.e. saving many lives), outweigh the certain death of many baby seals? ... That being said, from a strictly utilitarian stance, the "utility" would be maximized if we did follow through and continue with testing (assuming a cure was found). In other words, the most net happiness would be created if the seals were tested on and killed, thus fulfilling the greatest happiness principal. Furthermore, seals are not part of the moral community; meaning they don't have the capacity to be moral agents, a...

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The prevention of animal suffering or death, although still important, is secondary to that. ... Without testing medicines on animals, the only way of testing would be to directly try it on humans. ... There are many painful tests performed on animals. ... But it is very difficult to understand why companies continue to test on animals the products that are not required to be tested on animals, like cosmetics and pesticides. ... There are many other ways for testing and life should not be sacrificed. ...

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Although researchers have depended on animal test data to achieve medical advances, there should be other means of research because testing on animals is cruel, inhumane, and often unnecessary. Perhaps it would be more beneficial and humane to test on violent criminals such as rapists, murderers, and others on death row. ... Many AIDS patients have said they are willing to try out new drugs, so why not let them volunteer for testing. In most cases the drugs will need to be tested on humans before the FDA will approve them anyway. ...

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Although researchers have depended on animal test data to achieve medical advances, there should be other means of research because testing on animals is cruel, inhumane, and often unnecessary. ... We can learn a lot from treating animals that are already sick or injured in testing new life-saving drugs and surgical method. ... Animal tests for the safety of cosmetics, household products and chemicals are the least reasonable. ... Many personal beauty products, such as lipstick, face cream, and laundry detergent all have one major characteristic in common: the suffering and death of millions o...

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Test results will also be better because the animals aren't stressed (Newscientist.com). ... Many hundreds of veterinary medicines are produced yearly thanks to animal testing (Cothran 80). ... In the last interview before his death, televised on Dateline NBC, Dahmer stated, "In 9th grade, in biology class, we had the usual dissection of fetal pigs, and I took the remains of that pig home and kept the skeleton of it, and I just started branching out to dogs, cats." ... These tests are cruel on so many levels; for example, chimpanzees are highly active and socially oriented (PETA). ... Tox...

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The answer to this riddle is an animal that has undergone chemical testing. ... The question on animal testing was posed as early as the 17th century. ... A major issue of today is the cruel acts against test animals in class rooms and labs. These animals are literally being tortured to death by drugs, cosmetics, diseases, tobacco, alcohol, and other poisons. ... Scientists continue perform inaccurate and outdated tests that prove no benefit to humans or animals. ...

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Yet, we, the public have been led to believe that vivisection, more commonly known as animal testing and dissection, is responsible for "mericle cures" and "medical breakthroughs." ... An example is that since 1971 when President Nixon declared "the war on cancer" the rate of cancer incidences as of September 1994 went up 18%, and the rate of cancer deaths has gone up 7% relative to population growth. ...

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The Smith Kline Beecham International Report shows that 95% of drugs passed by animal tests are immediately discarded as useless or dangerous to humans. ... In America, 100,000 deaths a year are attributed to medical treatment. ... Although animal testing continues to occur, the number of animals used for experiments has declined greatly over the last few decades. ...

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