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Animal Testing: Pros and Cons Explained

Animal testing involves using animals like mice, rats and rabbits to test products like cosmetics, drugs and chemicals. Supporters argue it helps find new treatments and improves human health since animals are similar to humans, while opponents believe it is cruel and many experiments fail, wasting animal lives when humans and animals are not exactly the same. The document discusses whether animal testing should be used for scientific or commercial purposes weighing the pros and cons.

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Animal Testing: Pros and Cons Explained

Animal testing involves using animals like mice, rats and rabbits to test products like cosmetics, drugs and chemicals. Supporters argue it helps find new treatments and improves human health since animals are similar to humans, while opponents believe it is cruel and many experiments fail, wasting animal lives when humans and animals are not exactly the same. The document discusses whether animal testing should be used for scientific or commercial purposes weighing the pros and cons.

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Should animals be used for scientific or commercial testing?

What is Animal Testing?


animal experimentation
animal research
Using Animal Testing
Cosmetics Household products
Drugs Pesticides
Food additives Industrial chemicals
Supplements
Pros or Positives of Animal Testing

Helps researchers to find drugs and treatments


Pros or Positives of Animal Testing

Improves human health


Pros or Positives of Animal Testing
Animals are appropriate research subjects because they
are similar to human beings in many ways.
Cons or Negatives of Animal Testing
Animal testing is cruel and inhumane.
Cons or Negatives of Animal Testing
Animals and humans are never exactly the same
Cons or Negatives of Animal Testing
Most experiments involving animals are failed, wasting the lives
of the animal subjects

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