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/^t/One should also take into consideration another important fact. Namely, for many years people have been led to believe that diseases like scarlet fever or smallpox declined because of animal experiments. However, history shows that the decline was due to better living standards and personal hygiene. Besides, it has been proved that cancer is mainly related to factors such as smoking, too much alcohol, overeating, over-exposure to sunlight and environmental pollution, and could be avoided. So, in case of this disease, animal testing seems to be completely redundant.