Toxicology testing

Using rats for toxicity, for example, must not be accepted as reliable since humans are nowhere close to being 70-kilogram rats, according to Thomas Hartung, professor of evidence-based toxicology at Johns Hopkins University. This is further supported by the 2013 study in the Archives of Toxicology that states that the lack of direct comparison of human data versus that of a mouse makes the usefulness of research data…

Animal testing uses outdated and archaic testing procedures. In the article “Alternatives to the use of animals in research, testing and education” Jayshree Vencatesan, and advocate of Animal rights who works at Care Earth, describes how in the medical field of humane science there are three R’s every method of testing must follow. The three R’s include: replacement, refinement, and reduction. These must be used when determining alternative methods of testing. Vencatesan states that the most…

The Truth Behind Animal Testing 95% of animals used in experiments are not protected by the Animal Welfare Act. These animals are more likely to be abused because they have no protection. 26 million animals are used every year in the US for commercial and scientific testing. According to the Humane Society International, animals that are experimented on are subject to force feeding, inhalation, food and water deprivation, lengthened periods of physical restraint, and infliction of…

Approximately 50-100 million animals worldwide are subjected to pain, suffering, and distress by means of experimentation. 1 Animal testing, often referred to as animal experimentation or animal research, is a common scientific procedure used in hopes of discovering and understanding biological and psychological processes within humans and animals with the use of non-human subjects. 2 These procedures began in the seventeenth century, but became more common during the nineteenth century as…

well when it comes to having a discussion on animal testing is what exactly happens when animals are being tested and what the alternatives of animal testing are. Animal testing takes potential chemicals that big industries want to introduce, such as the cosmetic or pharmaceutical industries, and injects them into animals to examine the reactions of the animals to the chemical (Abbott 1). One popular example that arose early on in animal testing is named the draize test, which injects a needle…

While the Federal food, drug, and cosmetic act requires animal testing for pharmaceutical drugs and other chemical compounds that change the structure and the function of the human body it does not specifically require animal testing on cosmetics(Cosmetics). Animals including rats, mice, guinea pigs, and rabbits are put through painful tests that can take weeks and even months. Animals should not be subjected to any cosmetic testing the pain and the suffering of the animals, the living…

Is animal testing right? Animal testing is very important for use today. Without animal testing many cures today would not have been able to be cured. By using animals to test on human product we have greatly benefited from them over the years. There are multiple things that animals testing do for the animals like saving human life, dose not cause destress to the animal, and we greatly benefit from all the animals that have contributed to the testing. There any many things that I will conclude…

drugs—bacteria that infiltrate injectable or intravenous drugs during manufacturing and cause lethal immune reactions. The tests rely on cultured human white blood cells and might replace two existing, more expensive methods—the Limulus assay and testing on rabbits” (Sinha). When this was first discovered,…

Is animal testing ever justified? Some people believe that medical testing on animals to advance in medical research is necessary; however, cosmetic animal testing is never justified. There are plenty of other alternatives that can be used. Cosmetic animal testing should be banned because it does not improve human life or lead to any medical breakthroughs. Animals are used to test many different substances or products for either medical or cosmetic purposes. The most common cosmetic tests are…

Animal Test Subjects in Biomedical Research INTRODUCTION: BACKGROUND: The first evidence of animal testing dates back to ancient times, where scientists studied the anatomical structures of deceased subjects (Scutti). Living animals were experimented on by Greek physician-scientists and used to examine nerves and tendons (Scutti). In Rome, during the 2nd century, a physician named Galen of Pergamum practiced anatomy, physiology, pathology and pharmacology on animals (Scutti). He was the first…