Jessica Symczyk
About the author: Jessica Symczyk is a lab technician for a pharmaceutical company. She is also a volunteer spokesperson for Americans for Medical Progress, an organization that believes animal experimentation is necessary for medical research.
Being an animal lover and a medical researcher who uses animals does not present a conflict of interests. Working inside an animal experimentation laboratory dispels mistaken notions that research animals are treated poorly. These animals live in clean, well-lit environments and they are respected by their handlers. Furthermore, the work that is derived from animal research is important to medical progress.
I've been a vegetarian (an ovo-lacto vegetarian to be exact) since I was 13 years old. I don't wear cosmetics. I won't buy or wear fur. I refuse to wear or use leather if at all possible. And, I absolutely love animals. I live with fish, a.....
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