Animal Testing: Unnecessary Cruelty?
If so, then why are cosmetic industries still testing on animals? Innocent annimals are being tortured and killed each day for the sake of making people more beautiful. The main animal tests carried out for toiletries and cosmetics include tests for substance irritants, skin sensitivity, photosensitivity, and toxicity tests. The effects on animals can range from mildly unpleasant to extremely unpleasant, depending on the substance tested and the type of test done. Some tests can result in the death of the creature in concern.
Alternatives to animal testing are being discovered each and every day. Some of the alternatives available today are: TestSkin- which uses human skin grown in a sterile plastic bag and can be used for measuring irritancy, and EpiPack- which uses cloned human tissue to test potentially harmful substances.
Today, in-vitro tests (meaning "in glass") as opposed to in-vivo (meaning "whole animal") have become more widely used because of advances in tissue culture techniques and other analytical methods. The testing on animals for some products is necessary; however, there are many products and ingredients already available whose safety has been demonstrated by years of use on humans.
Not only are some companies testing on animals, but they are polluting rivers with hazardous wastes. Others promote their policies of animal-free testing, when they, in fact, are not. But while some people believe animal testing is against the law, it really isn't. Research scientists who are using animals as test subjects are required by the Animal Welfare Act to consider alternatives to animal testing prior to beginning a research project. These investigators are required to search the literature for alternatives and to supply their findings to the Institutional Animal Care and Use committee. If no alternatives are available, investigators must supply to their IACUC a written description of their search history and databases used to look for alternatives.
Progress toward the widespread use of alternatives will continue to gain strength as awareness of, and support for, alternaties is made known. As consumers, we can make a difference in the lives of innocent animals by purchasing only products deemed "cruelty free" and by writing to the companies that still test animals to let them know why we will no longer purchase their products.
Published by Brittany Landers
I am a proud wife of a United States Marine! Besides that, I am a mother of a handsome baby boy, Cameron, and a part-time student at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh. With all that being said, writing has bec... View profile
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Post a Commenti hope the peple rot in jail forever
Wow yall are a bunch of hippies and seriously would you rather let a loved one die than let them undergo an operation where a rat died 40 years ago to learn how to do a transplant?
Dear Brittany Landers,
I thought your editorial: Animal Testing: Unnecessary Cruelty? thoroughly stated the reality of animal cruelty and alternatives to a painful suffering of helpless animals. I think people need to realize that when they take a shower, or lather themselves in lotion, that an animal had to endure some kind of test to make sure the product doesn't cause skin irritation or just to make sure it's not toxic. I thought that you clearly stated this problem in paragraph 2, "Innocent animals are being tortured and killed each day for the sake of making people more beautiful." Shouldn't people have a right to know what industries are industries are doing to those deprived little animals behind consumer's backs?
Was your sole purpose of writing this editorial to inform people of the savagery of testing products on animals? If it was, I would 100% agree with you that animal testing is wrong.
In paragraph 3 you said, "Alternatives to animal
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After reading your piece, (Animal Testing: Unnecessary Cruelty, January 2011), I agree with
what you included in your editorial. In your writing you state “I hold that, the more helpless a
creature the more entitled it is to the protection by man from the cruelty of man.†I agree with
this statement because animals can’t speak and they aren’t given a choice on whether or not
they want to be tested on. If people are asked to be tested on they are given a choice, unlike
animals. You also state that “the effects on animals can range from unpleasant to extremely
unpleasant, depending on the substance tested and the type of test done,†but even though
animal testing is used for scientific reasons, it should still not be done.
The reason I agree with you is because animal testing is wrong and cruel. Although it is for
the betterment of human and animal lives, it should not be encouraged. The testing of animals
could cause major damage to the animal or maybe even de
look whoever you think you are saying that animal cruelty is good you need your head fixed!
Those that agree with testing on animals You make me sick. You have NO heart and as a seriously sick person who is in need of meds I'd rather Die than have those animals suffer for my needs. This stupid thought of animal testing being necessary is just outrageous. It's time to put a halt to it. I'd gladly take their place. At least I have a voice.
I recently received a letter from the University of Utah.They do not deny the use of animals for research nor do they deny the cruelty of their research. They refuse to find alternatives and so Now I know that many other research facilities do the same. When and how are we going to stop the use of animals in research. I believe there are options and it IS not Justified. the animals have no voice and so I find that using mine for them is what I want to do. I see the pictures of these research animals and I literally get sick to my stomach to the point of vomiting and I can't stop the tears. I believe we should be above the use of animals for these purposes. I also believe in God and that he made us responsible for their health and happiness. He put us in charge of them because they need our care not our cruelty. I pledge to do what ever humanly possible to stop cruelty at every corner. If you would like a copy of the email from the University of Utah I will gladly email it to you my nam
ANIAML TESTING
oooooooooh yeeeeea animal testing all the way
I love animals down with dope up with hope