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Essay On Pros And Cons Of Animal Testing

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Knowing that in many cases animal tests have not produced stable or even capable results to put into effect on humans this allows for a large waste of money, time, and resources that could have been better well spent in furthering technological advances made for human relevant testing. Scientists have developed more modern and effective research methods that do not include animals. New technologies such as human-based micro dosing, or in vitro testing, act as human-patient simulators. These newly produced advancements along with sophisticated computer modeling allow for much faster and cheaper tests. Human-based micro dosing allows for more accurate results than animal testing. These experiments using in vitro or human-based micro dosing allows for experiments to be performed in non-unethical or inhumane manners.
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There are alternative testing methods that allow for no animal subjects, yet the clear majority of scientists still continue to use animals as subjects to their experimentations. There are now no excuses for animals to be used in laboratories when results and data can more accurately be gathered through the use of new biological and technological advances. Many substances tested on animals cause them harm, whether it comes in the form of pain or just through the long-term effects it will bear upon the animal. Laboratories do not always use pain relievers when submitting an animal to pain. In an article, titled “Pros and Cons of Animal Testing”, it states that Animal Welfare Acts can and are bypassed. It continues to mention that “The Animal Welfare Act, or AWA, was signed in 1966 in order to protect certain animals from cruel treatment. The animals that are chosen for testing are not covered in this act,” allowing those who preform animal tests to go against the Animal Welfare Act because it does not apply to their circumstances. This then leads to cruel or inhumane treatment of

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