Thursday, March 5, 2009

Summary of Animal Testing Articles

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2008-02-14-animal-tests_N.htm

The first article talks about how three U.S. agencies (the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Toxicology Program and the National Institutes of Health) are thinking about ending animal testing. They say in it very ineffective and not a safe environment for aninmals to be in. With this researched article, they have researched that testing on animals is unsafe and an ineffective process because animals react differently than humans do. The conversion of this act is going to take about ten years. Also, to test 2,500 compounds, it can take up to 30 years!!!

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/236899/animal_testing_in_research_right_or.html

The second article is arguing if animal tsting is right or wrong. It argues that animal testing is dangerous and does not give the right results. It also argues that animal testing has helped medical issues for many centuries. Like, the vaccine for polio, development for penicilin, and organ transplants.

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