G3 % [Research Paper Rubric English 15 Name: sacey walls 19.3 10-9 827 65 4:3 2el Mastery Above Average Average. = Below Average ‘Failure. Coherence: Q__ MLA Format: The paper should follow the MLA format rules. —{)__ Paragraph and Paper Unity: Each maintains a clear focus. 0__ Paper Unity: Avoids digressions and off-topic discussions. —{Q__ Use of Transitions: Smooth links provided both within and between paragraphs. [0 Quotations: Should be clearly introduced. 10 _ Sentence Sophistication: Variety and complexity in syntax. \O_ sophisticated Diction: Word choice shows variety and preciseness. (0 tntroduetion: Leads into topic and provides thesis. 10. Conclusion: Broadens or retums to idea of introduction. _{O_. Conventions: Should be near perfect in grammar, punctuation, and spelling. 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Ale 1200 TOTAL POINTS (Ten points per element) AG %Checklist for English 15 Research Paper (Due 12/9) ‘The following requirements must be met forthe format requirements for a MLA-style paper: General Format Specifcations for all Pages of the Paper Z. Doubte-spaced One-inch margins X_ Last ame & page nunberia ‘pper right hand comer of all pages age One ofthe Paper Z_ dsstor's name isin the ieaderon the left hand side ofthe first page __Instructor’s name appears as Ene ee spent TZ. rename ote cose ‘appears as the third Line of the oe Zinretsctaaicctte (NC paper. we X_ the date appears asthe Tourth tine ofthe header on the fe margin ofthe paper. O Doankin 206 X_e tte ofthe paper appears eae above ep yo MLA Citations —_ Every source cited in the text ‘must be documented in a Works Cited page a the end ofthe paper, Author's name (or a key ‘Word fiom the ttle) is located in a parenthetical eitation or in an introduction to the borrowed material. 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ALL borrowed material is ied Word Count 800-1500 25Jacey Wells Professor Rutherford English 15.3 om December ¥, 2016 Product Testing on Animals ‘Many people use make-up, lotions, medicine, and many other products to enhance beauty > or cure them for feeling. What most people don’t realize is how those products are allowed to be sold. Millions of animals each year are killed in laboratories using them for product testing. ‘Some argue thaf alternative methods to product testing would benefit not only animals but several other parties involved. Alternative methods to product testing on animals would allow scientists to gain results without harming living organisms. Changing this form of testing would stop thousands of animals from going through torture, allow the scientific community to test or find more alternatives, and would help the legal organizations that are trying to create laws to stop these inhumane acts against the lab animals. Each year, More than 100 million laboratory animals are killed around the world each year (Humane Society Intemational). One of the many problems with using animals for testing products is that the results gained from these tests are not directly related to humans. The diseases that scientists are trying to cure from artificially inducing them in animals will occur differently in humans. When a scientist finds a cure for a certain disease found in a lab animal doesn’t guarantee that the cure is going to have the same ability to heal a human. Dr. Elias Zethouni from the National Institutes of Health says, “We have cured mice of cancer for au decades, and it simply didn’t work in humans (PETA. “Experiments on animals: Overview”).” Ifscientists haven't been getting reliable results from these tests, industries should be converting to other alternative methods to try and gain better results. Alternatives to product testing on animals would allow the scientific community to create and explore more experiments that could take place of the laboratory animals, Many altemative techniques already have been discovered but there is still room to find many more, Animal testing is mainly used to figure out how a product would effect a human’s eyes, skin, or how it could react in their blood stream. The Human Society published an article that explains the tests, that use animals and the alternative that test for the same thing but does not involve animals, ain! Human Society), There are alternatives that test the same thing but are safer and include human cells and tissue as well as advanced computer techniques. “It is now evident that tests on animals often do not predict outcomes in humans and many non-animal test methods are available and continue tobe developed.” (Product Testing: Toxic and Tragic). Many ofthe current es that are still being used are considered to be barbaric and outdated. Alternative methods could also be cheaper forthe industry to conduct (National Anti-Viviseetion Soci, Science has progressed so rapidly in the past decade allows the scientific community to have the resources and the knowledge to perform these alternative methods. Tests that have been discovered or have yet to be discovered have the possi ility of giving scientists more reliable results. ‘There are many legal organizations are dedicated to pushing for more strict laws concerning laboratory animals. Animal Legal Defense Fund is an example of a legal organization that is trying to push for animals rights. They are trying to push the scientific community to convert to alternatives to test their products. One law that is already set in place, the Animal Welfare Act, is supposed to addresses how the laboratory animals are treated but it excludes ae many of the animals actually tested on such as rats, mice, birds, ETC (Animal Legal DefenseFund). The FDA is in charge of ensuring the safety of products but they do not require the use of animals in their testing (U.S. Food & Drug Atesstration). Animal Legal Defense Fund is talking about a compromise with scientists, if the scientist is willing to give up using animals to test products then they need to treat the animals with the most respect. There are also many Cimiation® that are lightly pushed against these scientists (Anderegg, Christsphe). If stricter laws were forced onto the scientific community dealing with product testing these law organizations can say that they have accomplished their goals of keeping these animals out of harm’s way. ‘There are many people that are for animal testing. They believe that using the animals instead of risking it on human is a better option. There are examples of disease that have been cured by using animals to test the medicine and have successfully worked on humans. Product testing on animals has found treatments for cancer, antibiotics for infections, and vaccines (Krista Cook). People believe that animals have played a key role in the advancement of modem day research. There are standards that people believe that scientist actually listen to vohare Ths one Clin mote Scientists would still be gaining the same; if not better results if the converted to these while testing their animals (Anaesth, alternative methods. Switching to these new methods would allow our world to still be receiving safe products but also keeping millions of animals safe. Using this form of testing on animals is not fair to them; they have no control over what is done to them. If our scientists could see this and push for the use of more alternative testing their experiments would still get results that would help the supplier of the product and keep millions of animals safe.Works Cited PETA@ Experiments on animals: Overview.” PETA, 24 Nov 2016 http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-experimentation/animals-used- experimentation-factsheets/animal-experiments-overview/ PETA. “Product Testing: Toxic and Tragic.” PETA, 8 Nov. 2016, http://www. peta orz/issues/animals-used-for-experimentation/ experimentation-factsheets/product-testing-toxic-tragi Animal Legal Defense Fund. “Animal Testing and the Law.” Animal Legal Defense Fund, 8 Nov. 2016, http://aldf.org/resources/when-you-witness-animal-cruelty/animal-testing- and-the-law/ U.S. Food & Drug Administration. “Animal Testing & Cosmetics.” U.S. Food & Drug Administration, 8 Nov. 2016, http:/www.fda. gov/Cosmetics/ScienceResearch/ProductTesting/uem072268.htm Kristina Cook. “Stand up for Science.” Stand up for Science: Facts About Animals, 10 Dec. 2016, http://www.pro-test.org.uk/2006/03/facts-about-animal-research htm! ‘The Humane Society of the United States. “Cosmetics Tests That Use Animals.” The Humane Society of the United States, 8 Nov. 2016,hwww iety.org/issues/cosmetic_testing/tips/common_cosmetics tests ani mals.htm!?referrer=https://www.google.com/ 37 Humane Society International. “About Cosmetics Animal Testing.” Humane Society International. 8 Nov. 2016, hitp://www.hsi.org/issues/becrueltyfree/facts/about_cosmetics_animal_testing.html?refer rer=https://www.google.com/ f ‘National Anti-Vivisection Society. “Animals Used in Testing.” National Anti-Vivisection Society, 8 Nov. 2016, http://www.navs.org/what-we-do/keep-you-informed/science- comer/areas-of-science-that-use-animals/animals-in-testing Anderegg, Christopher, et al. A Critical Look at Animal Experimentation. E-book, Medical Research Modernization Committee, 2006.