...questions, then you have consumed a product that has been tested on animals. Animal testing is a phrase that many people may come into contact with, but are unsure of what it really means. Some individuals have very misguided notions of what they believe it is. They think it deals with torturing helpless animals. What is animal testing? It is the use of non-human animals in experiments and lab settings. Now that you know that those brands use animal testing and have a better understanding of what animal testing is, do you vow to stop using those products because you are strongly against animal experimentation? If you answered yes, then you’re also going to have to stop using Clearasil, Crest, Febreeze, Neutrogena, Tide, and a ton of other merchandises. In the interest of preserving human health and progress, government should continue to allow strictly monitored and regulated animal testing because it is the best alternative to human testing, is essential for safety reasons, and is beneficial to advancing biological and medical knowledge Don’t be fooled when products claim to be “cruelty free” or “not tested on animals”, because although this claim may refer to the final product, many of the ingredients have in fact been tested on animals. Animal testing has been and will probably continue to be a very controversial issue where both sides are passionate in what they believe in. Let’s face it, animal experimentation is integral to our everyday lives. “A survey conducted...
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...I was assigned Enamel Pro Fluoride Varnish which is a clear substance that dental hygienist can coat their patients teeth with following a dental cleaning. Enamel Pro Fluoride Varnish has many benefits to the tooth structure and is one of the most popular fluoride application techniques. This substance is made up of 5% sodium fluoride which helps in remineralization of the tooth enamel and dentin, helps prevent cavities, and can even improve sensitivity. This varnish allows the amorphoue calcium phosphate (ACP) that helps in the remineralization process, to combine with the fluoride, creating fluorapatite. This fluorapatite takes on a preventive measure by forming a temporary occlusion. This product is highly recommended and used by dental hygienist and dental offices because it typically comes in single application packets, making it extremely convenient. It is also patient pleasing, and is a clear application, therefore visually unnoticeable. Due to the varnish aspect of the fluoride, the fluoride is able to maintain contact with the tooth surfaces for much longer. This allows for a higher fluoride uptake without more exposure to higher fluoride concentrations....
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...Animal Testing More than 100 million animals suffer and die in the U.S. every year in cruel chemical, drug, food, and cosmetics tests as well as in medical training exercises and curiosity-driven medical experiments at universities (Testing 101). Many people may ask what exactly is animal testing? Animal testing refers to any procedure performed on living animals for purposes of research, yet there are alternative ways to do that research. Why aren’t we using those? Why do people continue to use animal testing? Some of the most beneficial things that have come from medical testing on animals are Penicillin, various asthma treatments, and insulin (Wpadmin). The majority of the animals used in these types of tests are mammals with a DNA structure...
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... since you chose the company over the family. o Company-co-worker loyalty. They are different, where co-workers may get laid-off because of the whistle-blow (your actions seem disloyal to them), and company is exposed (your actions to them seem loyal) Keep it in the ‘family’, so no involvement of the outside - Deontological Look at the pros and cons Is there a breach of loyalty? Are your intentions rights? The question is do you really have a responsibility to... anything? - Employees don’t need to have responsibility for the company, for society as a whole. Whistle-blowing will not cause beneficial outcomes in business. The business will have to change, which they will not want. The blower will be exposed. So why whistle-blow? Whistle-blowing gets in the way of your self-interest, since it will cause nothing but negativity to you. So why? Because of loyalty - Is loyalty a bad thing to have? PRODUCT SAFETY No product is allowed to be marketed before it is deemed safe. Testing on animals is used to test their product - Animal rights activists usually depict animals in a happy, Disney fashion, which is untrue Animals don’t feel pain. - Pain is a mental phenomenon (body parts don’t feel pain; the mind does) o What if no pain is felt? Should experiments be done if pain isn’t...
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...All animals truly deserve to lead joyful and healthy lives, yet over 100 million creatures are subjected to harsh animal testing experiments each year alone. New evidence has proved that animal tests are completely unregulated and no longer provide accurate results. Animal experimentation needs to be illegal in the United States because it is truly inhumane and completely unnecessary. Experiments using animals has been used for many centuries now. In fact, testing of animals can be traced all the way back to the early Greeks. For a time, animal experimentation was a groundbreaking tool into understanding complex diseases and how to combat said diseases. Testing animals back then was still incredibly vile, but it was at least justified...
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...Kleemeier Erica Jones ENG 105 11-22-15 Stop Animal Testing in the Medical Field Lions and tiger and bears oh my. More like, monkeys and dogs and mice oh no. How does being poked, probed, opened up, burned, shocked and tortured all for the advancement of the medical field sound? Now think about all those things being done, knowing there is another way, which causes no agony, distress or discomfort to any living creature. Animal testing is a process or “tradition” that has been around for many, many years. The problem with this tradition in particular is that although it causes much pain to innocent animals and can be avoided, many choose to still use this practice today. Animals have been used as tools in biomedical research as early on as the days when Greek philosophers, such as Aristotle, were experimenting for their next scientific breakthrough. Ibn Zuhr (Avenzoar), an Arab physician in twelfth century Moorish Spain, introduced animal testing as an experimental method for testing surgical procedures before applying them to human patients (Hajar 2011). Many research associations claim that animal testing has been used in almost every single medical breakthrough within the last one hundred years. Laws have been passed in several countries to make this practice more “humane.” In reality, these laws are the bare minimum and do not truly make a difference for the animals that are being used for experimentations. Animal testing in the medical field needs to dissolve and ultimately...
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...Animal Testing: A Reasonable Stance Animals can give us love and happiness when we are caring for them as pets, but what else can animals give us? Over the past century animals have also given us vaccines, drugs, and more that have kept our society healthy and safe from deadly infections, all due to animal testing. But are the welfare of animals something that should be risked to make our lives better? The issue of animal testing has caused an ongoing battle in our society that deals with both science and animal rights. There are those who favor it because it is allows for scientific progress, and there are those who oppose it because it is the ethically right thing to do. Both sides have valid arguments, which most people choose to side with one or the other. With a better understanding of each side of the issue, animal testing, we can conceive a credible truth. The complex issue of animal testing is one that should not be researched in a bias way. One must explore both and all sides of the argument to come to a valid conclusion. While I have yet to find a piece of writing that equally argues both sides of animal testing, the combined research I have done on both sides of the spectrum allows for a solid foundation for this discussion. These two stances on animal testing are opposite not only in position on the issue, but also in reasoning. The side for animal testing is reasoning on the means of science and research used to develop new medical treatment, while the side against...
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...1930s. The process in which steroids were discovered is by scientist testing this drug in animals. They noticed that it increased in skeletal muscle in those laboratory animals. The only way to consume this drug, is by injecting steroids to yourself. Furthermore, steroids started playing a big role in the early 50’s. They were used among athletes and bodybuilders, due to the fact that by utilizing this drug, it caused them to perform better. I do admit, steroids can be beneficial for the athletic aspect. However, it has so many side effects for the human body. This includes, reduces sperm count, baldness, and development of breast. The pros of taking steroids, is an increase in muscle mass, endurance, strength, and recovery...
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...statement that genetically engineered food may be the solution to feed the hungry in the world. Supporters believe that genetic engineered food will ensure and sustain food security all over the world as our population continues to grow. On the other hand there are concerns about the genetically engineered food. There are many researchers that believe that engineered food is not the solution to feed the hungry. In this paper we will discuss the pros and cons about having genetically engineered foods, is it safe and an even bigger question do we need genetically engineered food? Before weighing the pros and cons of genetically engineered food, people of today’s society need to know what it is. Genetic engineering is a laboratory technique used by scientists to change DNA of living organisms. Scientists have learned and tested that there are ways of changing the structure of DNA in an organisms and customize its DNA. Genetically engineered food is commonly used in crop plants which in turn are used for feeding humans or animals. These engineered plants have been modified to resist herbicides or to improve their nutritional content. Millions of people all over the planet suffer from poverty and starvation. One very interesting but experimental solution to this problem of world hunger is genetically engineered food. The process involves the crossbreeding of crops in a laboratory with species that are not plant like. By mixing these two different organisms together...
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...Running head: SPECIALIZED LITIGATION Trends in Specialized Litigation in Criminal Justice CJ305: Legal Foundations of Criminal Evidence Abstract Over the years through technology advances and criminal activity evolving it is more common for lawyers to specialize in one, two, or three areas versus being a solo practitioner. By following your states guidelines and Rule 7.4 (d) (1), Communication of Field Practice and Specialization (Ginsburg, 2013), an attorney can be specialized after quite a lengthy process to include continuing legal education (CLE), practice experience, peer review and testing (Ginsburg, 2013). By specializing attorneys are able to focus on a specific clientele and be in direct competition with fewer attorneys driving up their rate for services (Vaden, 1994). The overall impact specializing has had in the criminal justice field has been positive because attorneys are able to offer a higher level of services to their clients. Years ago you would think of lawyers more so as general practitioner or family lawyers. They would oversee any legal issues for families from birth until death. “The true general practitioner we may have seen 10 or 15 years ago is kind of an endangered species because of specialization,” said Nicholas E. Fairweather, chair of the State Bar’s General Practice Section Board (DMC-Admin, 2010). With technology advances and changes in criminal activity; it’s a lot for one person to keep up on all the different areas of law...
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...Beneficial Defense In keeping the insanity defense, as it stands, the benefits outweigh the problems. This defense fixes problems with the mentally insane and leads to curing more of the mentally ill. Viewing the defense as a benefit seems to fit if it helps more people than it harms, although other views have been brought against it opposing the defense. The jurisdictions that have kept the defense see it rarely and take it as a claim of innocence. The innocent people who have severe mental illness might finally have an opportunity to become viable members of society through rehabilitation. This plea may also shed light on the severity and seriousness that mental illness plays in our communities as these individuals are of great...
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...Student number: 3003481………………… DNA Paternity testing Two rams at the Easton College farm, a Norfolk Horn sheep and a Southdown sheep escaped from their field and ran in the ewes’ enclosure. The ewes were all Suffolk breed, an old native British breed with excellent lamb growth rate. You were asked to help with identifying the father of the lambs and you decided to try a DNA paternity test with two lambs. http://www.norfolkhornbreeders.co.uk/history.php I Protocol To perform a quick screen using agarose gel electrophoresis, you collected some cells from the lambs and the potential parents in order to extract and process the DNA ready for electrophoresis. You labeled your tubes as followed: Sample A: Ladder Sample B: Suffolk ewe Sample C: Lamb 1 Sample D: Lamb 2 Sample E: Norfolk Horn ram Sample F: Southdown ram II DNA electrophoresis procedure Read the procedure carefully before you start. well | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Sample | A | B | C | D | E | F | Use a plastic pipette to pour some buffer near the comb. GENTLY remove the comb and drop some more buffer in the wells. Using a micropipette, load 20l of each of the samples into separate wells in the agarose gel as indicated in the above table. Do not stab the pipette tip into the wells and pierce the bottom of the gel! When all samples have been loaded onto the gels, place them into the tank. Call a demonstrator...
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...Sunday, March 8th, 2009 Embryonic stem cells; are they the solution to many diseases plaguing the human race, or are they a vehicle for more pain and suffering? Embryonic stem cells are unspecialized cells derived from the inner cell mass of human embryos that are able to self-renew without differentiating for extended periods of time. This means that they do not become a certain type of cell, that they are totipotent, or capable of giving rise to any of the cell types of the human body. Embryonic stem cells hold the potential to cure diseases such as diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, heart disease, cancer, and even spinal cord injuries, along with hundreds of other rare immune system and genetic disorders. There are many moral and ethical dilemmas surrounding the research and utilization of embryonic stem cells and stem cell therapy, which has made it a difficult decision on whether or not to sign an executive order to lift the ban of federal funding for additional stem cell research, put in place by former president George W. Bush in 2001. With the signing of this order, it will bring the much needed change that scientists and researchers, doctors and innovators, patients and loved ones alike have been waiting for. We should zealously support any scientist who pursues this type of research, as there are many promising results in this field. “At this moment, the full promise of stem cell research remains unknown, and it should not be overstated...
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...level of preservatives, alterations or other biological modifications. In a sense, it is almost as if we should redefine the simple name of what we eat. Is a carrot still a carrot? What gives the food we eat a name? The debate on genetically modified foods is one that continues to carry stronger and stronger throughout the years. Some crops are modified to prevent insects from eating them, other foods are altered bio-mechanically to provide additional resources or to grow larger. Even so far as farm animals are given treatments that dramatically increase their body size, yielding more meat. To preface the argument food or against genetically modified foods: there is simply no easy solution. The overall scenario of genetically modified foods has many different parameters. These parameters include ethical, religious, legal and environmental ramifications. It would be equally as irrational to say that genetically modified foods were more or less dangerous than they were beneficial. The perspective to the scenario should be taken on both micro and macro levels, and to perceive their effects in the most open-minded scenarios as possible. Much of the rhetoric against genetically modified foods focuses on a fraction of what they entail; while, perhaps, leaving out economic models that suggest fewer alternatives. A great example that sets the playing field for genetically modified foods is the nutrition shortage in Southeast Asia. In this region, rice is the...
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...Key Issues____________________________________________________________________ Due to a variety of uncertainties ranging from the instability of Mexico’s economy, to a limited knowledge of the possible company to do business with, Charles River Laboratories have to assure to their stakeholders that a joint venture with ALPES is beneficial to the growth of the company. Internal Analysis_______________________________________________________________ The internal analysis will partially determine how capable CRL is with their business resources moving forward within their industry. With a VRINE analysis, descriptions of what this company may endure internally will be discussed. Value There is a clear value for CRL in their industry. Under B&L, CRL is one of their most profitable divisions. They contribute around ten percent of B&L’s corporate net income. CRL was sold to B&L for 110 million dollars. This acquisition gave the CRL division a greater growth opportunity within an organization. CRL planned to have a growth of twelve to fifteen percent a year. CRL also acquired SPAFAS for six million dollars, which also added value to the B&L division. A large capital investment in SPAFAS increased production of SPF eggs in the United States. Rarity For CRL, resources were important and ALPES represented an opportunity for them. ALPES was the sole producer of SPF eggs in Mexico. A joint venture with ALPES would give CRL a market where basically no competition...
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