2006-11-17 05:08:01 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
How else are they going to know if it works or not? I don't always agree with what is being done but would you want to use an untested product that could hurt you or a family member. Unfortunately the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one. I will admit some of the testing is not humane but it somes times needs to be done.
Are you volunteering to take their place?
2006-11-17 05:19:56 · answer #1 · answered by pj_gal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In order to be as certain as possible that the product is safe for human beings, before giving it to human beings. There is no possible way to predict serious and even lethal side effects in a living organism without testing the product in a living organism. The product still has to be tested on human beings of course, and unexpected side effects are sometimes discovered at that stage of testing. But pre-testing with animals can at least identify most serious adverse reactions in advance, thereby indicating the advisability of going on to human testing. A drug that eliminates all traces of a pathogenic organism in test animals sounds like a good thing. But if it also causes brain hemorrhage or cardiac arrest in a large percent of the test animals, it isn't going to be tested on humans. Nothing could be more unethical than giving a drug to human beings that has not been thoroughly tested on animals first.
2006-11-17 13:15:24 · answer #2 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because we value human life higher than the life of animals.
I guess it is the same principle than valuing the life of family and friends higher than that of strangers.
We don't use plants to test new products on because they are obviously not similar enough to make the results valuable. It is impossible to test the toxicity to the liver of some medication in potatoes which do not have a liver.
After all humans are a species of animals. If we don't want to test on ourselves, we have to test on fairly close relatives.
Though eventually new medications have to be tested in humans. That is done after animal tests made it likely that the medication does not pose a life threatening danger to humans, though those can go wrong as well.
2006-11-17 14:40:05 · answer #3 · answered by convictedidiot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I disagree with using aniamls for testing new products.. we use them to identify the effect that the product will have on them ...i guess so it doesn't effect a human cause a human can sue for pain and suffering!
2006-11-21 10:56:00 · answer #4 · answered by Kablina 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's inhumane to treat people that way.
Besides, the University hospital in the town I live in is always advertising for volunteers for various studies. People are guinea pigs too.
2006-11-17 13:26:03 · answer #5 · answered by Sgt Squid 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well if you ask me this is very stupid and it's not fair to animals. but that's the way it is. they must check it out on animals first and if they die, then product isn't for peoples.
and i'm sorry for my bad english...i'm from slovenia lol
2006-11-17 13:15:31 · answer #6 · answered by lesa_hlodkovic 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋