In today’s cosmetics industry, many ordinary animals, such as dogs, cats, rabbits, and monkeys, are being subjected to animal testing on products that could potential benefit a person’s complexion. Such animals are often chosen, because their DNA is genetically very similar to humans, and thus could be used for testing. The extensive procedures to testing various merchandises could potentially harm the animals during the process, because there are multiple trials to see whether or not the product is safe to use on humans. Of these trials, many animals suffer from intensive allergic reactions that could have long-term affects on them or potentially kill them. American cosmetic industry today are harming innocent animals, specifically rabbits, through testing procedures and instead should be using human cells to make synthetic cells that could be tested on rather than on live animals. Laboratory rabbits are being abused to fit the needs of the cosmetic industry. In skin irritation experiments, the rabbit’s back are shaven and cosmetic ingredients are applied to the raw skin. The rabbits are not given any pain relief to these toxic chemicals that will often burn the skin, and thus leading to tissue damaged. Once the experiment is over, the rabbits are killed. Also, rabbits are subject to eye irritation experiments. John H. Draize, Ph.D, is a scientist at the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In 1944, Dr. Draize developed the Draize eye test to evaluate eye
Protesting has been going around the world for many of years. Throughout many years of people boycotted agents a situation they believe, if a wrong or right. One of the biggest areas on where people gather around and protest is when they’re fighting agents animals testing. As well as the years has pasted on protesting on animals, it became more sires in increased in the 1960’s and 1970’s. Many cosmetics companies been testing on animals throughout the years there is also many that have not. The cosmetics line LUSH has been fighting over animals testing for over thirty years and will continue to fight for their right according to the company. When LUSH had first started the company had divided they didn 't ever wanted to test their product on animal. Not only fighting agents animals testing LUSH is also ego friendly; everything they use its plants, oil, and recycle. Since LUSH having to be agents animal testing, policies had created to work with the companies of cosmetics to end the cruelty of animals. The LUSH company say “ This can be done without animal testing …” and it true. LUSH is a company that all there product dills with ones skin to make them fell and look beautiful. If LUSH can test their products other than animals and still make your still looking good then, other cosmetics companies can do the same.
This is an upsetting topic but everyone should be aware of animals being used when purchasing a product. Some products say – no animal testing involved in its development. Product testing is commonly performed on animals in order to measure the effects of the substances used in the making of cosmetics. In performing these tests, substances are placed in the eyes of conscious rabbits to assess damage to sensitive eye tissues. This is very painful for the rabbits, who often scream when the substances are applied and sometimes break their necks or backs trying to escape the restraints.
Numerous years ago, animal testing was started to help humans obtain information. The process of testing on animals is, quite possibly, one of the most disturbing experiments ever performed. Many cosmetics and personal care products are manufactured every year and put into the market
Every year, millions of animals are subjected to experimentation at the hands of scientists, as well as, cosmetic chemists. Animals are often used in research to “advance the understanding of anatomy, physiology, pathology, and pharmacology” (Hajar 1). The use of animals in scientific research, or animal testing, is an extremely controversial practice; it has been largely debated since the seventeenth century. There is a large divide around the world concerning animal testing; while some find the practice harmless, others believe “animals are being exploited by research facilities and cosmetic companies all around the world” (Dunnuck 1). Even though it has proven to benefit humans in numerous ways, animal testing is slowly becoming more regulated and may eventually perish altogether.
The US Food and Drug Administration endorses the use of animal tests on cosmetics to ensure the safety of the product and ingredients. Mosquito repellant which helps protect people from Malaria and other dangerous illnesses, must undergo toxicological tests in order to be sold in the United States. (procom.org) It has been estimated that millions of animals per year are used to test the safety of household cleaners, pesticides, industrial chemicals, food additives, packing materials, drugs and vaccines for both people and animals, and even the food eaten by other animals. The use of animals to test cosmetics and other care products has declined in recent years, a wide array of non-animal skin and eye irritation tests have been developed to determine the effects of short term exposure to new ingredients. The pressure from the public has played a major role in these alternatives.
Animal testing, also known as animal experimentation, is the use of animals in experiments to test product safety. I believe it is a big problem in our society. Every year at least 2.7 million animals are killed in laboratories in Australia alone and at least thirty-three animals die each second worldwide, due to cruel animal tests. Many companies feel it is okay to test on animals because they are deemed not as physiologically or emotionally complex as humans, but as animal rights supporter, Jeremy Bentham has said, “The question is not, ‘Can they reason?’ nor, ‘Can they talk?’ but rather, ‘Can they suffer?’ and most of the time the animals do suffer.
Going on to study a more specific case of animal testing cosmetic products, Pauline McNamee and her team of other scientific experts have found alternative approaches to a in vivo rabbit Draize
Every Animal needs fair treatment.people cannot simply exploit animals rights the way they want. Hence, reform is needed to minimize the use of animals in research, particularly in cosmetic testing. It is important to realize that animal rights and welfare are a reasonable area of concern. Human must honor the sacrifices of the animal which serves for their wellbeing. And they must use animal as a last resort when all option runs out. Although animal testing for any use is still unjustified because they are still being killed and experimented
When people think of cheating they think of copying off a smart student in school, or having somebody else do their homework. However in the livestock industry cheating happens in many other ways. Obviously, the main goal when showing an animal is to win, or make the sale at their respective shows. How far will exhibitors actually go to win a show though? In recent years there has been controversy at many major livestock shows over drug testing, and animals testing hot for illegal drugs which means when tested there was traces found of illegal substances within the animal. This is not the only way people have been caught cheating though; some exhibitors have switched animals with another exhibitor prior to the show. Showing an animal at the county fair or state fair is supposed to be an educational experience where kids learn responsibility and hard work, not getting placed last in class because somebody cheated to win.
Did you know that in the United States alone 26 million animals are used in testing each year? Did you know the Federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA) does not protect 95% of animals in experiments and testing and that over 97 thousand animals that experience pain are not given drugs to ease the pain? That the United States and Gabon are the only two countries that allow testing on chimpanzees? Animal testing has been used worldwide and for many different matters, but does the use of it really help and benefit us and them? Or does it damage both of us?
Every year millions of animals are burned, tortured and crippled in research that does not even result in safer products for humans. In fact, more than 90% of experimental drugs that are shown to be safe and effective in animals do not work for humans and are considered unsafe. Animal testing is barbaric; the small benefit that may be gained through testing in no way rights the torture these animals are put through. Not only is the testing harmful to the animals, it is extremely expensive. Millions of dollars a year are made by companies that provide the animals, but billions are spent on research that cannot even be used. In an effort to create data, we use animal testing results and try to apply it to the genetic makeup of humans, it doesn’t work. The physiology of humans is just too different to apply the information used in animal research. Research that involves the use of animals is inhumane and cruel, it incurs costs that are wasteful because the research is unsubstantiated and does not give useful information that can be applied to human benefit. There are better alternatives to this completely ineffective testing and waste of money, we should all voice our concerns and plead with law makers to ban testing on animals.
Cosmetics and household products can be tested on these rather than the skin of live rabbits.” This is a huge development in human kind where the need for testing can slowly be eliminated. When people go into surgery and have skin removed or parts of their body, with permission, they can be used in such testing’s. We do not have to use live animals for testing procedures with so many different alternatives coming into place.
Picture yourself applying your favorite make-up or taking medicine prescribed to you by your doctor, and ask yourself, how do you know it 's safe? Have you ever wondered what goes in to make sure that cosmetics and medicine isn’t lethal? A majority of ensuring items such as medicine and cosmetics are safe to use is done by testing the medicine and cosmetics on a multitude of different kinds of animals (Abbott 1). Animal testing saved many lives in the past (“Animal”, par.7) but as science bred new methods, much like in vitro, which uses human cells cultivated in a lab, the potential for a replacement to animal testing arose (Abbott 1). Whether or not one is more effective than the other has been a hot topic for years, and multiple studies
According to this website called Animal testing procon.org it tells us how there is 95% of our animals being used for scientific experiments. The animals were not protected in any way by the federal Animal Welfare Act, which will exclude any birds, rats and or even mice bred for research. There were cold blooded animals such as reptiles and or even fish from our oceans. I feel as if Animals should not be tested for scientific experiments because, well, why would people want to be so cruel to animals that can not even speak they did nothing to do deserve such cruelness upon themselves. What I am trying to say is I speak for the animals I love animals and their habitats I would never want to go ruin their precious home or even them. Basically if you have ever seen the lorax, the lorax is trying to protect him and his home, so why ruin a animal that has done no harm in the world. Why do scientific experiments on them when you can do it to someone that is your size.I feel as if Animals should not be used for scientific testing. They are basically living things they do nothing they love their home and themselves. Instead we should use technology. It does no harm to the animals or their habitats of where they live.
On average, 26 million animals are used every year for the use of research on cosmetics. These tests should be banned for many obvious reasons such as it is clearly cruel and inhumane, they cost more than alternative methods, and they do not predict an accurate result due to the anatomical differences. Animals are being unfairly tortured and killed for research on ingredients that people are unknowingly using in their everyday lives. Here’s an important question to consider; if an ingredient is potentially toxic or harmful in any way, why is it even being considered as part of a product to be used on our faces and bodies? There are other ways to test cosmetics that do not involve treating animals so unfairly, yet the