Animal Testing Vs Cosmetics

Imagine you are in Sephora and you notice your favourite brand of eyeshadow. However, you also notice that it is one of the many makeup brands that test on animals. You keep picturing the poor bunnies, kittens and puppies stuffed in cages starving or force-feed so much they cannot move. The sadness in their eyes due to the multiple surgeries and tests they are surviving. Animal testing is a form of commercial and scientific testing that should be banned. In a world as innovative as this one, it is unfair to have animals endure the test of drugs and other products for the benefit of humans. There are countless other effective methods of testing these products that do not involve harming living beings. The animals chosen for the testing are all-around different from the human species, making them not as accurate resulting in their danger for little to no reason. The use of animals costs much more than its equally effective counterparts. Testing harmful products on helpless animals is inhumane and cruel.

In this paper there are three main topics that are going to be covered. They are alternatives to animal testing, animal testing in cosmetics, and the news in the cosmetic industry related to animal testing. For this paper there were four sources that were evaluated. All of them had a few things in common and through that it was easy to link them together through three different subtopics that will be evaluated later in this paper. The first source that I will be using is “The Science of Dermocosmetics and Its Role in Dermatology”. This article was written by Dreno, B., E. Araviiskaia, E. Berardesca, T. Bieber, J. Hawk, M. Sanchez- Viera, and P. Wolkenstein. The second article that will be effective in this essay is “New

Animals are now used as objects of experiments to test a variety of products; like shampoo, makeup, and medicines. Animals are almost always used in cancer research but animals never get the human form of cancer which affects the lungs. Animals are not required in animal testing, but people seem to ignore this statement and test on animals anyway. Testing cosmetics on animals is somewhat pointless because animals have different skin and hair than humans have. Animals are not even required in animal testing at all; a makeup company can release an untested product at their own risks. If any product says “cruelty free” on it, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the products inside the product were not tested on. Animals are used to test so many products now-a-days, animals are used to test so many useless

Picture being locked up in a cage, injured, alone, and in pain. Imagine being a prisoner without committing a crime. This scenario exposes the life of rabbits, mice, dogs, pigs, cats, and many other animals used in cosmetic product testing. The topic of whether animal cosmetic testing is necessary or not has been a topic that many have put-off, but something that should be thought about. The reason that specific animals like, rabbits, chimpanzees, and apes are used for experimenting is because their DNA almost exactly matches a human’s. Since these mammals’ DNA is almost identical, researchers are positive that they are a great tool for testing cleaning and cosmetic products. Though researchers don’t feel any remorse for how they treat

Over 100 million animals die each year from animal testing alone states PETA. Makeup and beauty companies test their products on animals. These products are harmful to them. The testing procedures are also very cruel. There are many problems with animal testing, but they can be solved.

Animals lose their lives in a horrible way so that we can have useless things like makeup. A lot more brands use animals testing then society would think. By law before releasing a new medication it has to be tested many times on different animals first. One reason animal testing is horrible because it hurts them for not good reasons when there is more efficient ways to test products. (“Animal testing is a bad science”)

Animal testing should not be used in cosmetic industries as a source of experimentation because it is unethical and inefficient. It is a cruel way of trying to find results that are not even always trustworthy. Everyone has a different reaction to different chemicals so why even bother animals for testing? Also different species can respond differently when exposed to the same chemical so animal testing can be inefficient. The results from animal tests can be quite variable and difficult to interpret therefore it may not be applicable to human beings. Thus, consumer safety still cannot be guaranteed even after these gruesome tests which are totally unethical. It is also unethical to torture and end the lives of these animals each year for our own luxury. Everyday cosmetic industries are using defenseless animals very cruelly just to carry out some most often useless tests. Instead they should use other alternatives which has been proved to yield better and accurate results than tests involving animals.

Every year, it is estimated that hundreds of millions of animals are used for experiments worldwide (Cohn). In those millions, an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 animals are used to test cosmetics alone (Humane). Scientists shouldn’t be allowed to test cosmetic products on animals because it is cruel and inhumane, there are other effective alternative methods, and it isn’t necessary.

Animal testing has been a controversy long debated over. However, more recently cosmetic animal testing has been a focus for many people. Cosmetic animal testing includes experimenting with cosmetics on guinea pigs, hamsters, mice, rabbits, and rats. According to the Food and Drug Administration cosmetics are anything used on the human body with the intention of beautifying or cleansing. Some examples of these include lipstick, face makeup, deodorant, perfume, nail polish, shampoo, hair dyes, any ingredient used in a cosmetic, and many more. Human Society International stated that about 100,000-200,000 suffer and die each year due to cosmetic testing. In the U.S cosmetic animal testing is legal, however, there are certain

Cosmetic testing on the other hand is completely evil. Although it is better to test some of these things on animals then giving a cosmetic product to a human and just wishing them good luck. Yeah animals have DNA very similar to ours but it’s not a perfect match, and it some cases products do fail and harm humans (Product Testing, par. 1). On the other hand it’s better than not testing at all. So while putting these animals through hell rather than giving someone a faulty product is good to save some human lives, it’s still not right. Cosmetic animals testing isn’t required by law and their are other alternative so why do factories keep killing innocent animals? All

Much progress has been made to end this testing, gearing the world into the right direction of animal testing free procedures, though, not everyone is on board. The United States have yet to hop onto the train toward a free animal testing future. The United States continues to test on animals for cosmetics even though there are numerous ways to test, without using animals, that are more efficient and effective than animal testing. (3D tissue samples of corneas made from human cells can be used instead of using an animal organ when testing for cosmetics side effects.) What is worse than the United States still testing on animals, is that there is continued demand for even more animal

Scientists use animals because they have the similar composition to the human. However, the result does not necessity apply for the human body. This is because the environment where the experimental animals are placed is unusual. Also, when they are used, they have restricted their bodies. These aspects might influence the result. Dr. Richard Klausner, former Director of the National Cancer Institute, stated: “We have cured cancer in mice for decades—and it simply didn’t work in humans.”

Animal testing is not only for scientific purposes but also for cosmetics purposes. For example products like hairspray, soap,deodorant, have all been tested on animals.” now, scientists argue that testing cosmetics on animals before introducing them to the public is needed for the process, or people would be exposed to products that are potentially harmful”(The Eco Friendly blog). This helps scientist and researchers know to what chemicals they should put in the product for the safety of the customer if not it could lead in skin and eye irritation. “Without the ability to test cosmetics on animals before being released to consumers, it would be difficult for researchers to make an educated guess about these products’ safety. (The Eco Friendly Blog) Helps the developer find the best chemicals to put in the products to give to consumers and list the chemicals that are in the product. “Most tests are done to meet international legislative or regulatory requirements, and are intended to protect the consumer, the workforce and the environment”(Animal Research Info). By animal testing it keeps the public and the environment safe of any harmful chemicals. Therefore testing on animals helps with cosmetics and not putting any harsh chemicals in them and to keep the public

New makeup products come out on a day-to-day basis, whether it be foundations, concealers, highlighters, and/or brushes. Adversely, there’s another side to makeup that isn’t all glitz and glamour. According to the Humane Society, behind these products, a grand total of fifty-two Guinea Pigs, four-hundred and sixteen mice, five-hundred and six rabbits, and two-thousand, five hundred and forty-two rats on average get used for makeup testing and must continue living with gruesome deformities and/or lose their lives because of it. Many popular makeup brands take this route to ‘ensure’ the safety of their customers and to avoid lawsuits. I believe that animal testing is cruel,

Why are animals used for testing cosmetic and is it need? animals suffer every day because many products that people buy are tested on them. "approximately 100,000-200,000 animals suffer and die just for cosmetics every year around the world. These are rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, rats and mice. ("About Cosmetics Animal Testing." )