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Proponents say animal testing contributes to life-saving cures and treatments. Opponents say animal testing is cruel and inhumane.
History of Animal Testing. Animals are used to develop medical treatments, determine the toxicity of medications, check the safety of products destined for human use, and other biomedical, commercial, and health care uses. Research on living animals has been practiced since at least 500 BC.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will be allowed to consider superior, non-animal drug testing methods, instead of requiring deadly and scientifically bogus animal tests. It’s a change that mirrors a request that PETA scientists made of the FDA in 2020….
John J. Pippin, MD and Kristie Sullivan, MPH, "Dangerous Medicine: Examples of Animal-Based 'Safety' Tests Gone Wrong," Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine website (accessed Oct. 23, 2013) 111.
(1) Cosmetic animal testing conducted outside of the United States as required by a foreign regulatory authority, provided that no evidence derived from the testing was relied upon to substantiate the safety of the cosmetic ingredient or cosmetic product being sold by the manufacturer in this state.
As of Jan. 1, 2023, when New York’s law went into effect, ten states have bans on animal testing for cosmetics. On Sep. 2, 2021, Mexico became the 41st country and first in North America to ban cosmetics testing on animals, according to the Humane Society International.
Proponents say CBD is helpful for pets' anxiety and other conditions. Opponents say the products aren't regulated. See how many animals were used for research, testing, teaching, experimentation, and/or surgery in US states, DC, and Puerto Rico.
Below is a glossary of animals used in the United States for animal testing for fiscal years 2019-2021 (Oct. 1, 2019-Sep. 30, 2021) as reported to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
1. Consider Stanford Medicine’s defense of animal testing. 2. Analyze the FDA’s statement on using animals to test cosmetics. 3. Explore Cruelty Free International, an organization against animal testing. 4. Consider how you felt about the issue before reading this article.
Number of Animals Used for Testing. Our Latest Updates. Our Latest Updates – Archive. Footnotes. Contact Us. ProCon/Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200. Chicago, Illinois 60654 USA. Natalie Leppard.