(NON-HUMAN) ANIMAL TESTING
Animal testing is an outdated system not only ethically, but especially scientifically. In fact, concerning medical progress, animal experimentation is a fatally misleading way to conduct research because it does not provide results that can be reliably transferred to human animals.
Nowadays, there are a lot of methods to test ingredients that mostly contain chemicals in other ways.
@aerztegegentierversuche says “We do not speak of ‘alternative methods’, as this term implies that animal experimentation is in principle a useful method that merely needs to be replaced. Moreover, the term ‘alternative’ includes both animal-free and suffering-reducing methods. However, we are not calling for a mere modification of a wrong system, but for a paradigm shift, i.e. a system change away from animal experimentation as the standard towards modern research-oriented towards humans. Because completely animal-free methods, for example with human mini-organs and multi-organ chips, have scientific value in contrast to animal testing and provide relevant results for humans.”
When looking at ‘alternative methods’, one always comes across the term of the 3Rs which stand for “Reduce, Refine, Replace”. This principle is based on the assumption that animal experimentation is in principle a useful method that could be improved by replacement with non-suffering or less suffering systems, by reduction of the number of animals, or by refinement, e.g., reduction of pain for the animals.
Nowadays there are already scientifically advanced human cell-based tests and sophisticated computer models that are often quicker, cheaper, more reliable, effective, and transmissible to human animals. I want to give you an overview here:
✽ cell research (without fetal bovine serum ➸ see here)
✽ organ chip technology
✽ multi-organ chip (the ‘mini-human’)
✽ population studies
✽ microdosing
✽ 3D bioprinting
✽ computer simulations (in silico)
Let’s work together to stop animal testing by refusing to support and buy from companies that still test on animals or have others test on animals for their products.
If you don’t know much about animal testing, I highly recommend you to check out my blog post “The Cruelty and Absurdity of Animal Testing & Experiments” on my website. It is also available in ➸ German.
🔬 Source: @aerztegegentierversuche | www.aerzte-gegen-tierversuche.de
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