Animal Testing And Its Prevalence

This is an annotated bibliography of animal testing and if it’s morally justified. There are many opinions on the results and the entire process that it takes to test a cosmetic product or a medicine on an animal. There are many alternatives and benefits to animal testing but is it really justified? Or are animals in potential danger.

Millions of animals every year are being used in labs to test cosmetics. This problem has become a worldwide issue and the U.S. needs to make a change by prohibiting the use of animals in testing cosmetics for safe use.

This is an annotated bibliography of animal testing and research to see if it’s morally justified. There are many opinions on the results and the entire process that it takes to test or experiment a cosmetic product or a medicine on an animal. There are many alternatives and benefits to animal testing but is it really justified? Or could animals be in potential danger.

Introduction, animals that are being tested safety of their products that’s been a subject of an intense debate for over 10 years. While, a lot of people that alleged animals, the remained animals are being subjugated by the research cosmetics companies all over the country/all over the world. Even though, the scientists frequently profit from animal research, I don’t think all the suffering, the pain, and the animals dying are worth just trying find out the human benefits from the products.

Everyday cosmetic products that many people use, such as lipsticks, shampoo, face wash, etcetera, are verified to be safe using animal testing. Chemical burns and other short term ailments are very serious concerns that plague Americans and the knowledge that the products they use will not harm them and their families is possible because of animal testing. Also long term effects, such as cancer, have been discovered through animal product testing and promptly stopped saving countless lives. “NOT TESTED ON ANIMALS YOU’RE THE GUINEA PIG” (Source C). Living day to day with the risk that the products trusted to use on your children and yourself is enough to validate

A rabbit lives its life trapped in a laboratory. It doesn’t get fresh air and has different products tested on it every day. The product can make the rabbit go blind or cause its skin to burn, but there is nothing the rabbit can do about it. This is what happens to animals every day from cosmetic companies who test their products on animals. According to Cruelty Free Kitty (2017), over 30 cosmetic companies continue to use animal testing to improve their products. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (2017), “the agency has consistently advised cosmetic manufactures to employ whatever testing is appropriate and effective for substantiating the safety of their products.” This means that if the company believes animal testing is the best option for their product they are allowed to do it. Testing cosmetics on animals is cruel and inhumane, and people should avoid using products that test on animals.

Animal testing is a very serious issue, considering the fact that it kills one-hundred thousand to two-hundred thousand animals each year (“About”). Many companies do not believe that animal testing is a serious problem and find that there are issues that are more important to worry about. The FDA believes that animal tests should be replaced with other tests that do not involve the use of animals because of the harm it causes them (“Animal Testing and Cosmetics”). Animals have emotions and feelings just as humans do, even though they are not always noticeable. Although animal-tested cosmetic products are very popular and used everyday by most people, animals are being hurt and killed daily to create them, therefore they should be banned

Many products that we use on a daily routine have been part of animal testing. Throughout the years this has become a problem that millions of people have been raising awareness for and trying to find a solution to end this cruel act. But is this enough? One of the most notorious users of animal testing is cosmetic manufacturers. Throughout the year 's many cosmetic companies have been trying to transition into using cruelty-free products. For example, Marla Donato from the Chicago Tribune states, "two of the largest manufacturers Avon Products and Revlon recently announced a permanent end to all animal testing by their companies. Mary kay announced a temporary moratorium on practice, and Procter and gamble unveiled a $450,000 grant program to investigate alternative research methods (Donato par.1)."

Companies try to convince customers that the animals are not harmed, and that the animals are treated with full respect, but that is not the case. “The scaffold was really a restraining chair whose "seat" was obscured by the head-on angle, and though the monkey appeared to be choking, more likely it was simply trying to jerk its head free, and was only seconds short of surrendering” (Noah 1). Under no circumstances is this okay for companies to do, but the way that they word makes you think that hurting and animal is okay. When you read this people can clearly tell that they hurt the animals due to the quotation marks, but when companies say it out loud those companies state it in a way that it sounds like animal testing is not a unacceptable thing to do. Also, when the companies are done abusing the animals, the companies do not even try to cure the animals, so that the animals could get better. “The result was that a lot of sores on the monkey's limbs went unbandaged” (Noah 6). This shows that clearly companies do not care about the animals because if the companies cared the animals would not have been treated like this. The animals would have been wrapped up, so the injury would not get worse and then infected. For example when people fall down or get scratched their parents cleanse the wound thoroughly with soap and water, and then put a band aid over top of the wound, so the injury does not get infected. If the

Millions of animals are being unneedlessly tested on for cosmetics, even though there are plenty of alternatives available and most of the results are unreliable or not applicable to humans. Although the fight against animal testing has made huge progress recently, America has yet to stop this cruel practice and chooses to torture animals while other countries are making a stop to the testing (“Animal Testing 101”).

While animal rights is a sensitive topic for many, most can agree that testing cosmetics on animals is inessential and unethical. Animal testing is a small but vital element of biomedical research and is ultimately unnecessary in relations to cosmetics. There is also a wide range of non-animal research techniques that, as well as being humane approaches to science, can be cheaper, quicker, and more effective. These alternatives prevent animals from suffering, and are more practical in general. Despite the controversy surrounding the subject and the many laws dictating safe guidelines for it, testing cosmetics on animals is wrong, and is a practice that should be abolished. Such groups as PETA, BUAV, and AALAS speak against companies that have tested cosmetics on animals for many years. Those groups oppose animal experimentation because of the raw cruelty of it and spread the word so every woman understands just which animal lives were sacrificed for the Foundation she’s smearing on her face every day. After all, there is nothing classy about watching a rabbit’s eyes

Cosmetic animal testing is NOT a thing of the past and many big branded companies are still testing their products on animals. As Elle Woods once said, “I’m here to speak for those who can’t speak for themselves”.

The aim of this proposal is to draw attention to cosmetic brands that test or do not test on animals. The right to experience on animal or to sell animal testing cosmetics is forbidden in Europe since 2013. In China it is mandatory that they experience on animals before selling on the Chinese market for the safety of the products.

Animal testing has long played a part in the science of testing, and it still plays a very important role in the medical world. Testing on animals in order to create a cure for AIDS is one thing, but testing on animals for human vanity is another. Animal testing is used to test the safety of a product. It has kept some very unsafe substances out of the cosmetic world. However, in this day in age, animal testing is not the only way to test the safety of a product. Animal testing in cosmetics has decreased over the years. However, it is still used by many companies in America. Animal testing is not only cruel, but it is also unnecessary in today’s advanced scientific world.

Scientists have found multiple alternatives to animal testing, but companies still choose to use it. Countries around the world are starting to stand up against cosmetic animal testing by banning products that have been tested on animals from being sold. The harm done to the innocent animals that end up in the laboratories is cruel, yet women, men, and children still buy and support companies that hurt harmless creatures for their own development. Eventually our country will catch up to the others who have stood up for the animals that were unable to stand up for themselves. More and more companies are starting to become cruelty free on their own; many of them being independent brands that have started because of their strong feelings against animal cruelty. Bigger brands like Bare Minerals, E.L.F Cosmetics, Tarte Cosmetics, and so many more are taking a stand against animal cruelty. Someday I hope all cosmetic companies are like this. Cosmetic animal testing is inhumane, inaccurate, and should be completely banned from the United States.