Saturday, September 10, 2011

Product Testing On Animals

By David Chumer


Animal testing is a big issue that people are debating all over the world and this issue has many standout points that need to be evaluated, like the fact that this is a way of sacrificing- animals have no say against it, another issue that brings on debate is the fact that animals react differently to products than humans do, and the other fact might just be an obvious one- animals have other uses to the world that are more humane instead of animal testing. How do you feel about this?

Animal testing , is a big issue that people are debating all over the world and this issue has many standout points that need to be evaluated, like the fact that this is a way of just being cruel- animals have no say against it, another issue that brings on debate is the fact that animals react differently to products than humans do, and the other fact might just be an obvious one- animals have other uses to the world that are more humane instead of animal testing.

I know, I know they wouldn't do test on my dog- it's the point really- an animal is an animal here for a purpose, I doubt God wanted animals to be here for humans to think of new ways of being cruel.

The next point that I would like to address is that animals react to products differently than we do. Various products have different kind of chemicals that are used inside that product to create the "perfect" product, and some humans have allergic reactions to certain types of chemicals. So what makes us think that if we test a product , on animals that this reaction will have the same effect as animals?

When they test a product what are looking for, an associate in my chemistry class where we now study organic compounds and polymers suggested to me that it might not be the reaction that they are looking for so much as the "shelf life", or a cheaper way to make the product that might be the means of testing.

Ok so I should lighten up a bit on the animal testing thing...well it still seems illogical to use animals for product testing, but I do still purchase many cosmetics and plan do to so as long as I keep getting those zits, or wanting to have a little color mid-winter.

Organic compounds are structurally diverse. They either form the basis of, or are important constituents of, many products including plastics, drugs, petrochemicals, food, explosives, and paints. They form the basis of almost all earthly life processes (with very few exceptions). I know the range of application of organic compounds is enormous, but maybe we are getting to carried away trying to find a cheaper way to make a product and really the answer all along has been just to get back to the basics.




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