Ethics Committees are self-regulating. Many of the protocols put forward are from vivisectors sitting on the committee, each with a vested interest in having their own experiments approved and in approving their colleagues so that they in turn will approve theirs. Because the vivisectors that sit on these committees always outnumber the others there is simply no chance that any proposed experimental protocol could be rejected, unless for an occasional token gesture, in which case vivisectors would agree to reject an experiment so that animal welfarists would continue to feel that something positive is being achieved by their presence. In reality these tests do not provide protection for consumers from unsafe products, but rather are used to protect corporations from legal liability. Also consider that many scientists base their entire careers on animal experiments, therefore any criticism of vivisection is seen as a threat to their jobs.
Animal research is a known method.
Many scientists are trained in vivisectionists techniques without questioning their scientific validity. The same could be said of a monkey, which, when implanted with electrodes in its brain produces a paper. In Australia the situation is not much different - cost of health care is increasing very fast as our health continues to deteriorate. Copyright 1993 by the Campaign Against Fraudulent Medical Research, P.O. Box 234, Lawson NSW 2783, Australia. However, printed acknowledgement is required when this is done.