Toxicology

“Animals that develop toxic injury or disease during toxicology research and testing studies often experience significant pain, distress, suffering, and/or death. Nearly all of the estimated 2000 new chemicals and thousands of chemical products introduced each year must undergo acute safety tests to determine…

Outline Introduction Studies have been completed, showing that 10% of birth defects are caused by chemicals in industrial products.("Birth Defects and Environmental Causes." ) The chemicals in industrial products come from many things, however, food is one of the largest contributors to birth defects. Therefore, it is important that consumers understand how the industry's use of chemicals can affect one’s, health through their use of packing, synthetic chemicals, and the alternatives to…

Zoos have been enjoyed by more than fifty millions of people per year. After thinking about it, all visitors should have self- reflect to answer that is it really fun to watch sad animals behinds bars? For decade, It is an important debate whether animals should be kept in the zoos or not. Some people say that it is necessary to capture animals in the zoo due to preservation of endangered species. Furthermore, the zoos serve as laboratories for research and great education tools for children.…

thalidomide1. The committee’s findings on thalidomide ultimately led to the issuance of the Cohen report in 1963 that recommended all new medications be subject a Committee on the Safety of Drugs, which would include multiple expert reviews on the toxicology, clinical trials, therapeutic efficacy and any adverse reactions or events associated1. The report also disseminated concern on other concerns that were not covered in the committee’s remit such as: the quality of drugs being manufactured,…

Wound healing is a complex dynamic process which replacing damaged cells with cells of same origin or with connective tissue scar. Wound healing has four time dependent phases; hemostatic, inflammatory, proliferative, and remolding phase. In each phase, specific resident cells release growth factors and cytokines to move the healing process from one phase to the other till complete healing occurs. Chronic wound stack in or delayed in one of the healing phases commonly inflammatory phase.…

Illinois University auditorium a man by the name of Steven Kazmierczak shot and killed five people while wounding 21 others before killing himself. His girlfriend later stated that he had recently been taking Prozac, Xanax and Ambien. Results from his toxicology…

Now, to the con side of the argument. The “welfarist-reformist” idea mentioned above, while supported by groups like the Humane Society, have been denounced by stricter animal rights proponents, such as Tom Regan and Gary Francione, who consider reformist attitudes to justify and and feed animal exploitation. (Franco, 2013) As mentioned, animal ethics and the advocation for their rights was on the rise, and this wave of thinking was so powerful and influential that “humane science” became a…

Genetically-modified(GM) crops are fostered through the integration of different biologic genes by tissue culture and gene recombination technology, the majority of those embraces crops corns, cotton, bean and rapeseed, which occupied 16% of total cultivated area among those original crops. Countries have been tested over 200 types of GM crops around the world since 1998s, it is increasingly playing a significant role in the society. Environmental organizations wish to curb the production of GM…

Imagine a lab filled with hundreds of animals all being tested on and infested with different diseases. Now, think of a dog; this dog is named Libby. She is suffering from many issues, including hookworms, tapeworms, infections, and rotted teeth. She is beaten by lab workers and forced to endure all of this to test the safety of a product for people like you (PETA, 2011). A huge problem facing the world is how many animals are cruelly tested on internationally for cosmetics. If nothing is done…

in several different labeling, shapes and colors. “MDMA is typically prepared in very professional-looking tablets stamped with a wide variety of symbols according to the whim or imagination of the maker” (Kalant, H. 2001). The pharmacology and toxicology of “ecstasy” (MDMA) and related drugs. CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, 165(7), 917–928). Imagination of the makers also created an imagination of the user. MDMA refers to ecstasy in its purest form, but ecstasy is also known by…