This is a short essay on animal testing for children. It is deliberately written in simplified English. The ideas have also been simplified. Animal testing is a tricky subject. People have strong ideas about it. There is a lot of … Continue reading →
When a cosmetic manufacturer sells their products in China, the Chinese conduct independent testing of those cosmetics on animals. These are well-known cosmetics made by well-known manufacturers such as Revlon and Estee Lauder. Both Revlon and Estee Lauder do not … Continue reading →
Every now and then I write about animal testing and every time that I write about it, it becomes less and less justifiable and more are more unnecessary. This is because, in part, science is developing methods to test drugs … Continue reading →
Testing on animals is controversial. A recent report issued by the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) provides some interesting information. The first bit of good news is that animal testing is down, based on … Continue reading →
I am one of those people who finds animal testing abhorrent. There is no need for it, in my view. I’ve always felt that there should be alternatives and that animal testing for our benefit cannot be justified. There are … Continue reading →
There is a distinct possibility that most animal testing labs will be closed down in the future provided a new replacement system is approved by the regulators. The proposed replacement system is one in which artificial humans replace animals for … Continue reading →
This is a short essay about using animals for medical research. It is deliberately written in a straightforward, simplified style and is for students. Visitors are free to use it as they wish under a creative commons license. Animal testing … Continue reading →
Nina Fodale on the Causes website is calling for a full investigation into the animal testing that is carried out at MSD Animal Health in the UK having watched the video below: March 2, 2014, the Daily Mail reported on this … Continue reading →
This is an animal testing story which concerns the UK. As at the date of this post, there appears to be only one newspaper reporting this story namely the Daily Mirror. As Animal Aid director Andrew Tyler states this is … Continue reading →
Despite the fact that about 67% of all animal tests in the UK are conducted on mice (1,910,110 mice in 2004), it has been discovered that the outcome of all the experiments should be called into question because scientists found … Continue reading →
