Animal Testing

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Animal Testing

• Persuasive Speech
• Alisha Green

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Areas of Research

• Developing new treatments for diseases, ways of
  preventing disease. 32
• Fundamental biological and medical research. 32
• Breeding of laboratory animals. 29
• Safety testing of non-medical products used in
  household, agriculture industry. 5
• Developing new methods of diagnosis. 1.5

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Animal Testing for Products

• Without animal testing it would be difficult to
  know when a product may be harmful.
• Current laws administered by FDA Act are
  intended to ensure product safety and
  effectiveness, thereby protecting consumers
  health. US Food Drug Administration
• (position paper on testing)

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Warning the safety of this product has not been
determined.
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FDA supports provisions of laws, regulations
and policies governing animal testing, including
Animal Welfare Act and Public Health Service
Policy on Humane Care and use of laboratory
animals. Animal testing by manufacturers
seeking to market new products is often necessary
to establish product safety.
FDA/CFSAN cosmetics
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Social Responsibility

• Johnson Johnson is one of the largest
  corporations around and they are very aware of
  the ethical issues involved with animal testing.
• They emphasize a commitment to humane treatment
  of laboratory animals.
• They also feel it is a must to test because their
  line of products has several for babies young
  children.

www.johnsonjohnson.com
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Animal Testing has allowed Medical Milestones

• The purpose of biomedical research and testing
  is to understand the living body, and what goes
  wrong in disease, and to develop safe and
  effective ways of preventing or treating those
  diseases. Animals are vital in all stages of this
  undertaking, not just in safety testing.
• Chris Neale
• (Biology major at University of Waterloo)

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A variety of animals are used in medical testing.

• 84 Rodents (rats, mice)
• 12 Amphibians (fish)
• 2.1 Lg. Mammals (sheep, pigs,cows)
• 1.5 Sm. Mammals (rabbits ferrets)
• .3 Dogs/Cats (bred for research)
• .15 Monkeys

RDS statistics from www.RDS.com
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Advancements due to testing

• Antibiotics, anesthetics, vaccines, insulin for
  diabetes, open heart surgery, kidney dialysis
  transplants, treatments for asthma, leukemia, and
  high blood pressure.
• Finding relief for victims of cystic fibrosis,
  multiple sclerosis, cancers, diabetes, polio and
  more.

www.RDSonline.com
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Bibliography

• US Food Drug Administration
• Chris Neale Biology major at University of
  Waterloo
• www.johnsonjohnson.com
• www.RDSonline.com
• www.FDA.com