The Testing Of Humans: The Choice Is Theirs.
The testing of humans is a very questionable situation. Many people feel it is all right, and others feel that it is preposterous. The testing of humans can be harmful towards them and is wrong only when the choice is not theirs and their lives are put in the hands of someone else. If the choice is up to them, then there should be no arguments about the subject.
The testing of humans is mostly for research use. Many companies want to try out their products on real human subjects before they release them into the world to be used by millions. The reason for doing this is to see what kinds of side effects the product will give off to the everyday user. This form of "testing" may seem a little "unheard of" and crazy, but people do it under their own free will to make a living. .
Human testing is defined as the testing of any product on a human for the purpose of finding something out, whether it be for medical use, or just for testing. There are many different types of human testing. One that some people think is illegal is the testing of pesticides on humans. It's not illegal; "Using human subjects to test the toxicity of pesticides isn't illegal in the US or Europe"(Stecklow). Other types of testing include: Genetic engineering, cloning, and the testing of everyday products. The procedures used on the patients is all up to what is being tested. For instance if a patient is being tested with a new medicine that would entail the patient taking the medicine and the doctor or researcher watching the patient carefully and viewing the good and bad effects the medicine has on the patients body.
There is a major question that comes about when the topic of human testing is brought into conversation. Is human testing ethical or not ethical? There are many viewpoints on the subject. One man says, Any experiment is ethical or not at .