Transcript Testing on Animals

Testing on Animals
Devyn Caron
Cheyenne Vaughn
Sakorra Wright
Jake Zets
Terms
ICCUAM- Interagency Coordinating Committee on Validation of
Alternative Methods- which is a committee of 15 research agencies
that see testing information
Animal Testing- the use of nonhuman animals in research and
development projects for purposes in determining the safety of
food, cosmetics, drugs, and other uses.
Vivisections- action of cutting into or dissecting a body
biopsy- an examination of tissue removed from the body to
discover the presence, extent, and cause of a disease
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least expensive
scientific advancement takes place in labs everywhere
you do not get the same result on others
helps with telling the similarities and differences between animals and humans
ensures safety of drugs
most accurate
many of todays uses would not be here
animals reproduce faster
find cures
saves animals from diseases
organ transplant was made possible
saves many children
computer models cannot always predict unknown variables
cell cultures is not accurate
we can have cosmetics, food, medications, and many others
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22 million animals are used
alternate ways of testing
animals suffer
stress and boredom causes animals to pull out their hair and bite their own skin
millions of animals die
poisoned, blinded and killed
toxic to animals still sold to consumers
ethics and morality… Is this right?
accuracy is not always the best way to test
price
some substances are unusful
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