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    The Negatives of Animal Testing

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    have been tested on animals; from lipstick and shampoo to dish soap and foot powder. Even the white ink on an M&M has been tested on animals. To some, this statement may be alarming and even disturbing – to others it may not mean much at all. Either way, the debate over animal testing has gained much popularity in recent decades. Animal testing has been done since at least 500 BC; even Aristotle experimented on animals for scientific reasoning. Around 200 AD, dissecting animals in public was actually

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    Animal Testing Pros

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    a laboratory with animal-testing, medical worlds and many major cosmetics are claiming that with this kind of biological animal testing is the most effective ways to discover a cure for terminal illnesses or a preliminary inspection for find a side effect of new cosmetics. In addition, the world of medical insists that when doctors’ experiments for a long lifespan disease, they cannot do with long lifespan animals, and doctors doing their experiments with short lifespan animals such as mouse. With

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    Testing on animals has been a thing for so many years now. In fact, many scientists believe it should be done before human testing. But with it being around for so long, it has become a subject of controversy. People around the world share their views and opinions about whether it's really necessary, and some even question if the process is even ethical. While it is sad that animals have to come to terrible fates,the process of animal testing is absolutely essential to test the safety of products

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    Unethical Animal Testing

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    of institutionalized animal abuse is conducted. This abuse and torture is also known as animal testing and is primarily done with the expectation of find a cure to various illnesses. Scientists use this harsh research to gain control over behavior or biological systems. During the experiments helpless animals are exploited and endure great suffering. These conditions along with the feelings of the animals are unacknowledged in the name of medical research. The use of animals in medical research is

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    Animal testing has long played a part in the science of testing, and it still plays a very important role in the medical world. Testing on animals in order to create a cure for AIDS is one thing, but testing on animals for human vanity is another. Animal testing is used to test the safety of a product. It has kept some very unsafe substances out of the cosmetic world. However, in this day in age, animal testing is not the only way to test the safety of a product. Animal testing in cosmetics has decreased

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    Animal Testing Essay

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    It is no secret that millions of animals a year are used for medical experimentation. One study “found the number of animals tested rose from 1,566,994 in 1997 to 2,705,772 in 2012” (Casey). It is my belief that researchers use virtue theory to defend their experimentations. While animal activists approach experimentation through the ethics of care. I am against animal experimentation, but I will also provide insight into why people believe it is ethically just. Virtue theory is more of a selfish

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    Animal Testing Essay

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    animal testing “Beauty without cruelty” is the outcry that can be heard from animal right activists around the world. The FDA does not require companies to perform tests on animals but if the cosmetic product contains chemicals that can be seen as toxins, testing becomes a necessity. There are currently thirteen safety tests that are performed on animals. Anti-testing activists deem these unnecessary and consider them to be cruel. “Fourteen million animals are used currently in the U.S

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    Animal Testing Essay

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    argue that researching and testing on animals is necessary as it leads to many medical advances and breakthroughs. Some medical advances that have resulted from animal testing include blood transfusions, insulin, antibiotics, asthma medicine, vaccines, transplants, numerous drugs, Parkinson’s disease, and chemotherapy. Although new valuable information has been gained from animal research, times have changed and there are now more humane ways to do research. In Vitro testing, computer modeling, and

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    Animal Testing When you think of cosmetic animal testing, what images come to mind? Do pictures of burned eyes and irritated skin appear? Well, it should. The FDA (Food & Drug Administration) has given a claim stating, “The FD&C Act does not specifically require the use of animals in testing cosmetics for safety, nor does the Act subject cosmetics to FDA premarket approval” (“Product Testing - Animal Testing & Cosmetics” 1). According to this statement by the FDA, animal testing is not mandatory

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    Over 115 million animals are trapped in steel cages everyday awaiting a latex gloved hand that is sure to reach in and whisk them away for a new day of testing. Cosmetic animal testing involves the burning, the maiming, the murdering, the poisoning, and the torturing of rodents, rabbits, cats, and dogs, among others. However, some cosmetic brands have decided to put an end to animal testing one step at a time; these makeup companies are cruelty-free. In order to receive the status of “cruelty-free

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