Animal testing and animal patenting are considered by some wrong and inhumane while others say its a necessary and life saving process, but no one believes that its completely right in all aspects. An article written by Glenn Gordon called "Why America Should Ban Animal Testing " outlines many reasons and facts against it like it's expense and alternatives such as Corrositex ,a substitute artificial skin.
In the same article Glenn brings up a point about how corrositex is cheaper and more humane than testing on mink carcasses that cost around 10 dollars a sample. Glenn's "cheaper" corrositex costs around 100 dollars per use! Donated cadavers pose a more practical venue.
The real judgement of if its right or not is in the amount of lives that are saved by this procedure, around 1.5 to 1.6 million people a year! imagine what it would be like without it .
It is hard to say without bias what is more costly ,the lives of so many animals or the lives of so many humans.
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