Animal Experimentation | Animal Testing Is Not Essential for Medical Research

C. Ray Greek and Jean Swingle Greek are cofounders of Americans for Medical Advancement, a nonprofit organization, which educates the public about the hazards of applying the results of animal testing to humans. They are also authors of the book Specious Science: How Genetics and Evolution Reveal Why Medical Research on Animals Harms Humans.

Modern medical advances such as antibiotics and vaccines are not the result of animal experiments. For example, experiments with mice and rats failed to turn up any connections between cancer and smoking. Epidemiological studies, not...

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