by Joel D. Freedman, Syracuse.com
Although the National Association of Biology Teachers, the National Science Teachers Association and the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society endorse alternatives to biology lab dissections, cutting up animals is still commonplace at most of our educational institutions. When prepared for dissection, frogs are usually dropped into a water/alcohol solution. It takes up to 20 minutes for them to die. Other animals also experience much suffering before becoming “specimens” for dissection. The chemicals that preserve these animals often irritate students’ eyes, skin and respiratory systems, and are carcinogenic. Alternatives to dissection using computer programs or anatomical models are less expensive and last longer than animal purchases.
http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2013/03/schools_should_eliminate_anima.html
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