It is generally unsafe, expensive, and generally unreliable. Because of our bodily differences, the use of non-humans for experimentation does not always work for our good. For example, what may benefit a non-human, may be toxic for humans. Other factors such as the stress the animals experience while in the lab contribute to outliers in the reliability of research data because of an increase in heart rate, pulse, blood pressure, etc. (New England Anti-Vivisection Society, 2014). Animal research in generally time-consuming, as well, adding to the expenses that it have already …show more content…
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