Animal Testing In 1983 the pharmaceutical company Pfizer carried out a special study to see if animal experiments could correctly identify cancer-causing chemicals. The results would be vitally important because despite costing millions of dollars, no one really knew whether the tests provided adequate protection against hazardous substances. Human findings were compared with experimental data from rats and mice for all chemicals known to cause cancer in people. The outcome was disturbing: in most cases animal …showed first 75 words of 3139 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3139 total…Eytex, test tubes full of vegetable protein that mimic the human cornea’s reaction to irritants. At about $250 per test, Eytex may cost hundreds of dollars less than the Draize test (Holmes 2.) The knowledge gained from animal research has extended human life and made it healthier through many significant achievements. Technology, however, has allowed us to come up with alternatives to reduce the barbaric acts and death toll of these animals and continue valuable research.