i have a question about cruelty to animals?

Question

animals should not be used to test chemicals .. right then who should be used

Answer 1

I believe that animals shouldn't be tested, but that doesn't mean humans havta do it! Computer simulated test, stem cell test and in vitro test are much more accurate than animal tests.

Answer 2

There are many alternatives to chemical tests - one being, that most modern day chemicals have already been tested on animals and humans alike. These tests are normally repeated every year just for the FDA/EPA suits so that they can say, "Yes, acid still burns the skin and you shouldn't drink bleach." In essence, most chemical testing is unnecessary as there are many reports and documents well stating the harmful effects of these chemicals.

Another option is human testing - Aveeda is one company that pays people to test their products. Although they have completely natural products, a lot of plant oils can be volatile when concentrated. This is entirely voluntary and I heard that you can get paid quite well with some companies. There are also tests done on "skin" that is grown in petri dishes.

Again, most chemical tests are completely unnecessary. Food companies like POM test their juices on animals, Welch's also used to perform such tests. You can always visit http://www.stopanimaltests.com for more information.

Answer 3

In many cases it is known that computer models of chemical reactions will give you the same results. I do not believe we should eliminate animal testing, however, it is probably better to do initial testing and confirm results using alternative methods like modeling instead of more animals. Science and computers have come a long way in the last 100 years, changing people's habits to use the new techniques available is harder.

Answer 4

I have already been a Government Lab Rat

They dumped a bunch of test chemical, called dioxin , or more affectionatly referred to as Agent Orange on 20% of a country with known US citizens on the ground. Now theres a test site for ya.

Still suffering its affects and nobody cares.
What was the question again.

Answer 5

They can just as easily test products on human skin tissue, donated from organ donors when they die, and they get a more accurate reaction with that than on animal anyway as animals can react differently to different things than humans, something that may be poisonous to an animal may be completely fine for a human, and vice versa.

Answer 6

I agree completly that chemicals shouldnt be tested on animals. In a lot of countries, people (poor students mostly) are paid to do medical trials etc.

Answer 7

volunteers or an alternative to the death penalty!
but there are so many variables with humans that tests wont be as accurate as the animals., so the people using them wont give them up even if they had people.
Makes me count my blessings of where I was born and as what type of creature. People really suck sometimes. pretty often actually.

Answer 8

the world is not a perfect place so who is to be tested and who would pay? Medical heath costs would become even more expensive if services had to be provided for people used in tests....not much is provided now how would we cope with less.I suppose we could just die....OK who volunteers...so the rest of us can survive with high ideals

Answer 9

people who are suffering from what they are trying to cure
most the time they test things on animals and it reacts diferently to with humans

Answer 10

There should be no testing, just stick with the stuff we know for sure.( I know I live in a fantasy world!)