Arguments Against Animal Testing Research

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Last year the European Union banned using “animals to test the safety of cosmetic ingredients”(Mone). Relying on animal testing has delayed the evaluation of different chemicals because the “animal-based tests take too long and are too expensive”(Mone). They usually take up several years and millions of dollars. The validity of the results from testing on animal subjects can be compromised because we are very different. The cosmetic companies are waiting to hear how they are supposed to test their products without animal testing, and the researchers are attempting to finish some alternatives. The future of testing is going to involve computation, and this will work by looking “at the structure of the chemical compound or molecule under