Benefits Of Animal Testing

The Benefits and Environmental Impacts of Animal Testing In the scientific community, the impacts of using animals in research have been debated for hundreds of years. Those who have interests in the matter analyze the history behind it and statistics surrounding its current use to see whether animal testing should continue. One end of the debate, the use of both domesticated and wild animals in scientific experiments has been praised for its contributions to scientific and medical advancements. However, there are some that see animal testing as an inhumane and unethical process that does more harm than it could ever do good. Although their views contrast each other, the sides both agree that there needs to be ways in which, the animal testing …show more content…
Chemical and medical plants are known to send out large amounts of toxic substances into the air. Furthermore, the role of waste produced from the chemicals involved in animal testing further fuel the argument that animal testing is more negative than positive. There are certain issues regarding the environmental impact of animal testing that have valid concerns. Chemicals are certainly exposed to the environment through smoke and disposal of certain items that are used in experiments. Having said that, Katherine Groff and her fellow authors assert that some labs "regularly and routinely must dispose of large amounts of hazardous substances" (Groff et. al 18). By stating that the labs are getting rid of big amounts of substances that are hazardous on a daily basis is unconvincing. Regulations are imposed to make sure none of those chemicals enter the environment and so the claim seems to be unreasonable. There is also a concern regarding the growing population of animals in testing and the decreased amount of animals in wild. A loss of species seems to be a growing issue and some blame the animals being used in research as a cause for the biodiversity issues. These negative concerns regarding animal testing would most definitely contradict the belief that the positives of animals testing outweigh the cons easily. Although there are positives, some relentlessly deny the belief that animal testing could bring any good to the environment or even scientific advancement. Some like the author Gary Francione, who analyzed the necessity and justification of using animals in research, concluded that "the vast majority of our uses of nonhuman animals cannot be characterized as 'necessary ' in any coherent sense of that word" (Francione 245). I disagree with Francione 's view that animal testing is basically not necessary and should not exist. Animal testing