Antigone

Katherine Willmore                                                 September 30th, 2013                             7th period                                     Living Environment
                                                Argumentative Essay Project
    Hi my name is Katherine and I’m going to talk about animal testing. Animal testing is a phrase that most people have heard but are perhaps still unsure of exactly what is involved. Whether it is called animal testing, animal experimentation or animal research, it refers to the experimentation carried out on the animals. It is used to assess the safety and effectiveness of everything from medication to cosmetics, as well as understanding how the human body works. While supporters believe it is necessary practice, those opposed to animal testing believe, like me, that it involves the torture and suffering of animals.
    Animal testing is used for countless products and applications. Everything from toiletries to medications has likely been tested on animals at some point prior to their distribution. Some of the products that commonly involve animal testing are: Cosmetics, Drugs, Food additives, Supplements, Household products, Pesticides, and Industrial chemicals.
The Good of Animal Testing
      These are some reasons animal testing is very useful: Collects lots of information, Tests products and others for our safety, Helps us learn more about animals, and Helps us improve surgical techniques. Animal testing is usually used in testing products, it helps us show that the products we use every day are safe to use. Helps us learn a lot more about animals, like their behavior, how their bodies work (animal experiments), and animal breeding etc. There are many things we have achieved with animal testing. Without animal testing we could have never knew what we know now. Many advances in medical research could not have been made without the use of animals in some way, and many have been of...