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Ashley Isaacs
English 11-4
Research Paper
March 22, 2017
Against Scientific Animal Testing Millions of animals are used for scientific research and many innocent animal lives’ are wasted. Many people believe that animal testing is useful, that it helps find cures for diseases, and that it makes medications safer for humans, but they are wrong. Animals should not be used for scientific testing because it gives inaccurate results, it is harmful to animals, and it is expensive. Scientific animal tests are not always correct. Animals are very different from humans, therefore they make poor test subjects (Animal Testing). Sometimes, a medication may work on an animal, but that does not necessarily mean that it will work the same way on humans. Animals do not get many of the diseases that people can get including, HIV, Parkinson's Disease, …show more content…
Some medications that were tested on animals have caused many babies to be born with deformities (Animal Testing). Those medicines were taken by pregnant women, but when tested on pregnant mice, it did no harm to them or their babies. That shows that drugs that are harmless to animals, are sometimes very harmful to humans (Animal Testing). Many foods, including chocolate is harmless to humans, but harmful to animals such as dogs (Arguments Against Animal Testing). Animals and humans have many differences, so it can be dangerous to rely too heavily on animal tests. Animal tests cannot give 100% accuracy when it comes down to side effects. Only 19% of drug side effects could have been predicted by animal tests (Arguments Against Animal Testing). Some drugs that are tested on animals are not exactly safe to be ingested or used on humans. Many medications that pass animal tests, might not pass human tests (Animal Testing). Scientific Animal Testing is not an accurate way to test new
Ashley Isaacs
English 11-4
Research Paper
March 22, 2017
Against Scientific Animal Testing Millions of animals are used for scientific research and many innocent animal lives’ are wasted. Many people believe that animal testing is useful, that it helps find cures for diseases, and that it makes medications safer for humans, but they are wrong. Animals should not be used for scientific testing because it gives inaccurate results, it is harmful to animals, and it is expensive. Scientific animal tests are not always correct. Animals are very different from humans, therefore they make poor test subjects (Animal Testing). Sometimes, a medication may work on an animal, but that does not necessarily mean that it will work the same way on humans. Animals do not get many of the diseases that people can get including, HIV, Parkinson's Disease, …show more content…
Some medications that were tested on animals have caused many babies to be born with deformities (Animal Testing). Those medicines were taken by pregnant women, but when tested on pregnant mice, it did no harm to them or their babies. That shows that drugs that are harmless to animals, are sometimes very harmful to humans (Animal Testing). Many foods, including chocolate is harmless to humans, but harmful to animals such as dogs (Arguments Against Animal Testing). Animals and humans have many differences, so it can be dangerous to rely too heavily on animal tests. Animal tests cannot give 100% accuracy when it comes down to side effects. Only 19% of drug side effects could have been predicted by animal tests (Arguments Against Animal Testing). Some drugs that are tested on animals are not exactly safe to be ingested or used on humans. Many medications that pass animal tests, might not pass human tests (Animal Testing). Scientific Animal Testing is not an accurate way to test new