Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Health: 61% Italian animal testing necessary - AGI - Italian News Agency

15:59 January 14, 2014

(AGI) – Rome, January 14 – E ‘increased by ten percentage points in one year, from 51% in 2011 to 61% in 2012, the proportion of Italians that considers not only acceptable, but necessary scientific experimentation on animals for medical purposes. And ‘the findings of a survey conducted by Ipsos, a sample of a thousand Italians, and presented this morning during the conference “Animal testing and the right to knowledge and health,” sponsored and organized by the Committee on Hygiene and Health’ of the Senate. In general, the responses of the respondents, it is clear that from July 2011 to the present and ‘increased acceptability’ of animal experimentation for medical purposes. Today, in fact, almost one out of two Italian, 49%, defines acceptable to perform scientific tests on animals to test medicines intended for the treatment of human beings.
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Health: 61% Italian animal testing necessary Information, says the Ipsos survey, play a highly effective role to guide judgments. Please provide information, not even entering into detail, it is decisive to change my opinion. During the interview, in fact, ‘was an increase in favorable responses, from 49% to 57%, compared to a depth of information provided on this topic. In descent, by 11 percentage points (from 41% in 2011 to 30% today), and ‘the belief that technology can replace the majority of animal testing. Expanded, however, by 5 percentage points (from 8% to 13%) the idea that animal testing is still the way most ‘safe to go to ensure the effectiveness of the test results. (AGI).

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