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" Animal testing is a hot topic in this election. Some people argue that it&amp;#039;s inhumane to use animals in this way. Others argue that it&amp;#039;s necessary for medical advancement. Two CosmoGIRL! readers debate the issue \u2014 who do you agree with? PRO-ANIMAL TESTING &amp;quot;While I&amp;#039;m definitely for animal rights, some degrees of animal testing are necessary. Medical testing on animals has made scientific advancements possible and helps prevent humans from undesirable side effects of drugs and other products. Scientists learn a lot about the body and the effect different drugs have on us from using cost-effective lab rats. Do we want to test right from the get-go on humans and risk killing people unnecessarily, or do we want to test things on animals, then progress to humans? Which is safer? Which is more cost-effective? Testing medicine on humans opens up a can of worms concerning ethics that we might not be ready to deal with. Testing on animals is the lesser of two evils.&amp;quot; \u2014Noelle Littman, 20, Poughkeepsie, NY ANTI-ANIMAL TESTING &amp;quot;Scientific evidence has proven that testing on animals is highly inaccurate in determining the effect a product will have on humans. Animals have internal differences that may alter the results of an experiment drastically. Because of this, some beneficial drugs may never be released to humans: If a drug is found to be toxic in an animal, it will not be released even though it may not be toxic in humans. There are many alternative methods being discovered to replace animal testing, such as in vitro, which uses tissue from humans. Scientists can take a small sample of human tissue and douse it in the product, then simply test the cells to see how they have reacted to the product. This is generally less costly and significantly less time-consuming than testing on animals. Most people tend to put the thought of animals going through torture out of their minds, telling themselves that the testing is for the good of humanity. But with some effort, and the elimination of animals in testing, animals could be spared the torture of experimentation and left to roam free in the jungle where they belong.&amp;quot; \u2014Angela Suggs, 18, Panama City, FL "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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