Animal testing by Isabella Arney https://padlet.com/arn511242/cpr72yr39y0yl61h en-us 2022-03-11 19:29:34 UTC 2022-05-23 18:59:37 UTC hello@padlet.com Animal testing arn511242 https://padlet.com/arn511242/cpr72yr39y0yl61h/wish/2091033798 Animal experimentation is the usage of non-human specimens as test subjects to control variables that affect the biological system. A viewpoint on this social issue is that this practice has not impacted biodiversity any more rapidly than other pollutants. These tests are necessary and accurate in determining what potential treatments and drugs can be safe for humans. They also ensure human safety in the process, as no test subjects are being exposed to toxicity or harmful chemicals. An opposing viewpoint on this social issue is that this practice has noticeably impacted biodiversity as well as violate animal rights as these tests being practiced are proven to be unnecessary and cruel. There are alternative methods to testing treatments that use human cells and human cell lines as well as virtual models. These methods produce faster delivery of results with greater applicability to humans. ]]> 2022-03-11 19:50:22 UTC https://padlet.com/arn511242/cpr72yr39y0yl61h/wish/2091033798 Has animal experimentation impacted biodiversity and violated animal rights since being practiced in the US? arn511242 https://padlet.com/arn511242/cpr72yr39y0yl61h/wish/2129301377 1: No, animal testing has not impacted the environment to extremity nor rapidly. It is necessary to test potential products and chemicals that can be safe for human use on non-human specimens. 
2. Yes, animal testing has noticeably impacted the environment through the amount of waste each test produces. Syringes, medical equipment, supplies, and animal carcasses are disposed of, increasing the amount of chemicals released into communities. It isn't necessary as alternative methods to testing treatments have been deemed accurate and safe. Vitro testing as well as computerized testing can be practiced and less costly at that. I stand with viewpoint #2, that animal testing should be banned and relied on less in the general public. ]]> 2022-04-04 18:59:22 UTC https://padlet.com/arn511242/cpr72yr39y0yl61h/wish/2129301377 The Legislative Policy that Impacts Animal Testing arn511242 https://padlet.com/arn511242/cpr72yr39y0yl61h/wish/2129311282 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3357#:~:text=Introduced%20in%20Senate%20(12%2F09%2F2021)&text=This%20bill%20generally%20prohibits%20animal,testing%2C%20subject%20to%20civil%20penalties. 
"This bill generally prohibits animal testing in the evaluation of cosmetic products, and it prohibits the sale or transport of cosmetics developed using animal testing, subject to civil penalties."
This impacts animal experimentation greatly as banning the practice of animal testing to produce cosmetics limits the amount of waste as well as animal rights being violated. This also ensures cleaner products that we use daily.


]]> 2022-04-04 19:05:00 UTC https://padlet.com/arn511242/cpr72yr39y0yl61h/wish/2129311282 Position A on Animal testing: arn511242 https://padlet.com/arn511242/cpr72yr39y0yl61h/wish/2131284444 Animal experimentation has noticeably impacted biodiversity as well as violating animal rights as these tests being practiced are unnecessary and cruel. (See more under the research question). Brief evidence as to why experimentation is unnecessary: "regardless of the disease category studied, fails to reliably inform human health: (1) the effects of the laboratory environment and other variables on study outcomes, (2) disparities between animal models of disease and human diseases, and (3) species differences in physiology and genetics." Links provided:
https://www.humanesociety.org/news/its-time-go-cruelty-free
https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-experimentation/
https://www.hsi.org/news-media/about/
Animal Research: An Environmental Perspective - Faunalytics
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4594046/

]]> 2022-04-05 18:47:01 UTC https://padlet.com/arn511242/cpr72yr39y0yl61h/wish/2131284444 Position B on Animal testing: arn511242 https://padlet.com/arn511242/cpr72yr39y0yl61h/wish/2131295477 Animal experimentation has not impacted biodiversity any more rapidly than other pollutants. These tests are necessary and accurate in determining what potential treatments and drugs can be safe for humans. They have helped us determine some potentially harmful chemicals and have supported our research for cures and treatments for specific diseases that both animals and humans can contract in the past. These tests can provide information about the way animals and humans function and react to certain chemicals and substances. We have learned a lot about the anatomy of different types of animals as well as how they relate to human anatomy. Brief evidence as to why experimentation is necessary: "The Society of Toxicology, says simply: "Research involving laboratory animals is necessary to ensure and enhance human and animal health and protection of the environment.
Animalresearch.info has a list of all the diseases for which we now have treatments thanks, in part, to animal testing: from Aids to whooping cough, the safety of new treatments was first assessed through testing them on animals."
Links provided:
https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A307471159/SUIC?u=la99595&sid=bookmark-SUIC&xid=76bf8bc0
https://www.nabr.org/biomedical-research/importance-biomedical-research#:~:text=Typically%2C%20animal%20studies%20are%20essential,to%20perform%20in%20human%20subjects.



]]> 2022-04-05 18:54:09 UTC https://padlet.com/arn511242/cpr72yr39y0yl61h/wish/2131295477 Animal testing & The Executive Branch arn511242 https://padlet.com/arn511242/cpr72yr39y0yl61h/wish/2131307869 1. U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D)
Believes that there are "plenty of cost-effective and accurate ways to gauge the safety of cosmetic products without resorting to outdated and unnecessary tests on animals."
2. U.S. Senator Martha McSally (R)
Adds that "Companies across the U.S. now successfully use alternative methods of testing that more accurately predict the effect of cosmetics on humans."
3. U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D)
Concludes with the statement that “Animal testing is cruel and unnecessary and must be ended."
All of which "introduced legislation to end cosmetics animal testing and the sale of animal-tested cosmetics in the United States." ]]> 2022-04-05 19:02:25 UTC https://padlet.com/arn511242/cpr72yr39y0yl61h/wish/2131307869 arn511242 https://padlet.com/arn511242/cpr72yr39y0yl61h/wish/2131308651 2022-04-05 19:02:54 UTC https://padlet.com/arn511242/cpr72yr39y0yl61h/wish/2131308651 arn511242 https://padlet.com/arn511242/cpr72yr39y0yl61h/wish/2131309305 2022-04-05 19:03:19 UTC https://padlet.com/arn511242/cpr72yr39y0yl61h/wish/2131309305 Animal testing & Misinformation arn511242 https://padlet.com/arn511242/cpr72yr39y0yl61h/wish/2141350108 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hGX1SA32sCsyjT6n7VoKXjkPCNL0v4jfMiP51eeaijo/edit?usp=sharing

]]> 2022-04-12 19:06:42 UTC https://padlet.com/arn511242/cpr72yr39y0yl61h/wish/2141350108 Animal testing and humor arn511242 https://padlet.com/arn511242/cpr72yr39y0yl61h/wish/2163200622 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PGg8YtuRy0BB0E4H4IKyCDQh0RHMguyDAb2-nL1AnwA/edit?usp=sharing]]> 2022-04-28 19:03:57 UTC https://padlet.com/arn511242/cpr72yr39y0yl61h/wish/2163200622 Take Action arn511242 https://padlet.com/arn511242/cpr72yr39y0yl61h/wish/2196372639 Suggested policies to be practiced throughout the world:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z2XG1HDBnglo8mlzmEW1uKMPiB0q59SvDLBq5ypqjJU/edit?usp=sharing ]]> 2022-05-23 18:49:27 UTC https://padlet.com/arn511242/cpr72yr39y0yl61h/wish/2196372639 Animal testing & The Judicial Branch arn511242 https://padlet.com/arn511242/cpr72yr39y0yl61h/wish/2196384903 Supreme court ruled (8-1) that a federal law banning depictions of animal cruelty violated the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of speech. The law makes exceptions for depictions that have serious "religious, political, educational, historical" values, excluding the possession of depictions of illegal acts of animal cruelty for commercial gain (creation, sale, and possession of) ex. dogfighting, small animals getting stomped. Held that law was overbroad and facially invalid. Animal testing and cruelty was therefore not added to the list of constitutionally unprotected categories of speech. ]]> 2022-05-23 18:59:37 UTC https://padlet.com/arn511242/cpr72yr39y0yl61h/wish/2196384903