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Originally Posted by Suzles
Animal experiments are pointless - my one word answer as always in this is Thalidomide.
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Your one word answer is pointless considering it wasn't tested on pregnant animals. The simple answer is the testing wasn't comprehensive or thorugh enough.
Again, I ask the question. Do you or have you ever knowingly taken prescription medication that's been tested on animals?
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The staggering fact, fully documented by the subsequent investigations, is that Thalidomide was never tested on pregnant animals before being given to pregnant women. By modern standards this seems almost insane, but back in the 1950s we knew so much less about the side effects of drugs. When the first report of Thalidomide being linked to deformities in babies was published, researchers tested the drug on the standard laboratory animal of the day, the New Zealand white rabbit. The offspring were born with exactly the same type of deformities. The moral of this story is that if they had done more animal testing before giving the drug to people, there would never have been any Thalidomide babies.
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http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/0000000054DD.htm
So... in essence everytime you give your one word answer you're advocating for more comprehensive, thorough animal testing. You're arguing against yourself.