Medicinal Animal Testing
Animals, monkeys, dogs, rabbits, fish, and more, common cheap and often bred to provide scientists in the medical field with an easily accessible test subject for clinical trials, while clinical testing helps to develop medical sc
The text delves into the intricate relationship between animal testing and its regulatory, technological, and societal implications. It highlights the FDA's role in mandating animal testing for medications to ensure their safety before human trials, citing examples like Tylenol and Advair Diskus.
Dispositif; Common Goal: stop unnecessary harm
during mandatory animal testing
specifically during mandatory
testing, since some testing is ruled
mandatory by the government
ANIMAL WELLFARE GROUPS:
Leaping bunny, Cruelty Free,
Not tested on Animals, Humane society of Toronto
Dispositif; Common Goal: Allow medical clinical testing to occur
Dispositif; Common Goal: To normalize clinical testing
Dispositif: Common Goal: To apply 3 Rs Principal to clinical testing (ALL STAKEHOLDERS)
Human gain: medication (abiotic)
My mom has asthma
she uses advair diskus
PETA
There are detrimental effects to animal testing, lab waste, disruption of ecosystems (abiotic)
Taking abandoned animals from shelters to test on creates
harmful and upsetting environments PETA fights against (biotic)
Removing animals from the wild for testing is harmful
to nature and the food system (biotic)
PETA wants to make sure no
animals are harmed so as to not
disturb the environment (biotic)
They want to create a sense
of environmental caution, they want people
to think about how they affect the environment through
their connection with animal products and byproducts (biotic)
Educates public about animal abuse (abiotic)
PETA has been known for going over the top in some cases (abiotic)
Notoriously identifiable (abiotic)
They do not support any kind of animal testing
People who support PETA are usually vegan, or plant based (biotic)
stereotypes are often associated with these people (biotic)
PETA educates through the internet, publishing documents, short messages, posts videos (abiotic)
Instagram
Website
Twitter
Facebook
Tiktok
Youtube
Computer technology that replicates organs should be used instead they say (abiotic)
peta recognizes that some testing is required by law (abiotic) (FDA HAS POWER)
they state that there are other alternatives to animal testing backed by scientists (abiotic)
often times higher irrelevant doses are given to animals that lead to wrongful conclusions (abiotic)
they state that there is extensive research documenting the failure of animal-based studies to predict human reactions to the exposition of chemicals (abiotic)
discussing the endocrine disruptor screening program EDSP will generate inefficient data (abiotic)
it is not needed if there is no relevancy of the results (abiotic)
argues that due to the major biological differences between animals and humans, testing on them will not be beneficial to humans, as they will react differently than us (biotic)
RAMISHA: ME
CCAC
Canadian Council on Animal Welfare
All groups that the CCAC approve that test
on animals must provide a environment
that the animal needs to thrive (biotic)
Environmentally enrichment for monkeys may be
a fulfilled and vast diet and treats such as jello
(abiotic)
Rabbits are often grouped together
due to the nature of their species, they
have areas to hide and places to climb
(abiotic)
For a guinea pig this may be a large
box with shavings to hide incase
the pig gets scared (abiotic)
As society progresses the push for
animal welfare continues, with social media campaigns
calling on bigger groups to take action like the CCAC (abiotic)
Instagram sensation video ralph the rabit, put
a spotlight on the harsh reality of clinical trials
involving animals (abiotic)
The website allows transparency with the
public, CCAC has recently been sharing
less data for undisclosed reasons (abiotic)
Uses online website to answer FAQ, share data,
maintain records (abiotic)
The CCAC strongly believes in the 3R principle ethics
when it comes to clinical trials and or testing on animals
(abiotic)
replace, reduce, refine
The animals most tested on in recent data, 2019 is
30.5% mice, 26.2% birds and 19.9% fish (biotic)
The CCAC acknowledges that there is often a need
to use animals as it would be ethically irresponsible to
test on humans before animals
They state it is only okay to use animals if their
use will provide signifiant biological advancements (biotic)
they mention even electric shock is
permissable in certain instances (abiotic)
FDA (Food and Drug Association)/
Health Canada/CMA
-health care indirectly creates some waste through packaged materials (abiotic)
the FDA is required to determine if actions from major agencies they approve will significantly impact humans under NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) (biotic)
Animal testing must mean there is no other way (abiotic)
Medicine must be tesetd on animals (biotic0
an environment where all medication must have been tested on animals (biotic)
this agency regulates access to medicines that society often needs, for example
people trust the FDA (abiotic)
Supplies governmental jobs for many (abiotic)
Society requires a lot of medications to live
Lab equipment such as blood pressure machines, lab centrifuges, lab balances, lab pipettes are approved by FDA (abiotic)
-X-rays (abiotic)
-scanning machines (abiotic)
-blood pressure cups (abiotic)
technology is in the works to stop/end animal testing? (abiotic)
the FDA mandates proof of clinical trials or testing on animals for the medication (abiotic)
For example, a popular puffer called Advair Diskus used for asthma that is life saving, was tested Rats, Dogs, Mice, Rabbits, Guinea pigs, Monkeys & Hamsters (biotic)
Tylenol another common medication tested o
medications must begin testing on animals before humans for ethical reasons (abiotic)
Medicinal Animal Testing
Animals, monkeys, dogs, rabbits, fish, and more, common cheap and often bred to provide scientists in the medical field with an easily accessible test subject for clinical trials, while clinical testing helps to develop medical science and find cures, how ethical is it to use animals for human gain.
Main topic
ITR Labratories
Environment
May often use harsh chemicals that may create toxic
waste
(abiotic)t
Lab waste from testing may be created, syringes, plastic cover, single use gloves, single use masks
Contributes to land waste
Possibility of environmental hazards such as fire
incidents or chemical spills (abiotic)
High energy consumption from
lab equipment, carbon footprint (abiotic)
Large quantities of water are often
used in laboratories (abiotic)
Society
-the lab had an undercover document done called “in the name of science” uncovering some gruesome discoveries of the treatment at this lab (abiotic)
people working include vets, technicians, researchers (abiotic)
maybe profitable to do these clinical trials (abiotic)
environment with lots of knowledgeable individuals (abiotic)
Diverse team of individuals (abiotic)
Technology
Technology is used to maintain website
(abiotic)
Other technology such as laptops aid in recording data (abiotic)
Lab equipment such as blood pressure machines, lab centrifuges, lab balances, lab pipettes are used (abiotic)
Science
Mice, fish, and birds are the
bulk of the animals used (biotic)
ITR Laboratories also believes in
ethical treatment of animals and
applies the 3R Princicple