Essay On The Pros And Cons Of Animal Testing

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In the year 1980 according to Ian Murnaghan, a graduate with a Bsc (Hons) and Msc, was when research for alternative animal testing technology began due to unethical issues, slow, and high expenses results. Years later, the nearly successful alternatives involved Vitro and Silico (Model and Computer based) testing. Gregory Mone, a Boston MA- based writer and author, in his article, “New Models in Cosmetics Replacing Animal Testing.” explains about Vitro and Silico testing in great detail then mentions that the research is “progressing faster” than experts have expected. Today animal testing has decreased due to scientists finding alternative methods of testing, finding results efficiently, and using ethical concepts involving cosmetics.

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Shany Sun, a junior high student taking APA Biology in California, indicated in 2012 that her article although contained many alternatives to avoid animal testing, resulted in no match compared to the actual testing of animals. For example, in some alternative tests, it only revealed “a group of tissues” when full reactions towards a body is needed to be shown. Also Silico testing was only based on assumptions to test chemical reactions. However Mone explained the process of the alternatives “were not meant to produce a quick solution” which left cosmetic companies anxious. Even the Safety Evaluation Ultimately Replacing Animal Testing (SEURAT) consisted of many clustered individual research and involved with numerous universities, research groups, and biotechnology companies. SEURAT stated that “ new technologies will take up at least five more years to develop.”. In order for the alternatives to be finalized sooner, scientists need to find a way to get better toxicity readings as toxicologist, Kristie Sullivan, declares in Mone's article. In animal testing, determining the toxicity level results took too long and was too expensive to proceed (Mone, 2013). Thus, the main focus in improving model testing is to develop the most accurate and quicker results for toxicity which makes it less time