Cruelty Animal Testing

If you woke up this morning and used Colgate or Crest to brush your teeth, used Tresemme or Pantene to wash your hair, Dove to wash your body or are wearing your favorite Maybelline eyeliner you are contributing, whether you know it or not, to cosmetic animal testing.

Animal testing should not be used to make cosmetic products because animals are so different than humans that it often yields unreliable results.The website Peta2 states, “Less than 2 percent of human illnesses are ever seen in animals. Over 98 percent never affect the animal” (John Carpenter, ). This demonstrates that testing the products on animals is a useless and unreliable way to test the products. Companies test on animals to see the effects that it may be caused by that product, but they cannot truly see the effects that it will have on humans because, like the quote states, over 98 percent of the illnesses never affect that animals. Therefore the scientist that test on these animals will not even see the effects that it could have

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.

Many people might say that animal testing has proven results for the safety of beauty products and cosmetics. Although, in some cases it is helpful, why would you want to use such an old outdated method of research in 2017 many more methods have opened up due to advanced technology. Animal testing dates back to the 1900’s and yet in the 21st-century companies are still doing this even though it is more costly than alternative methods.

I have been in the past blind to the issue of animal-testing, yet since choosing to use only cruelty-free brands have been forced to conduct research into the world of animal testing; since researching on the internet cruelty-free brands I have become more and more convinced that I’ve made the right choice as various websites highlight both the benefits as a consumer buying cruelty free and the unseen atrocities of behind the scenes animal testing. I feel passionate that the practice of cosmetic testing on animals is both immoral and unethical and believe that as an often overlooked epidemic of questionable ethics we should all be doing our part to stop it.

The debate about animal testing gains more and more attention every day. It is questioned whether it is ethical to test on living animals or not. Ethical or not, animals are the closest living organisms that have very similar structures to the human body. Animal testing has had a major impact on the improvements of finding drugs and treatments for our health and medicine. Both drugs and cosmetics are by law ought to be tested before being distributed out to the market. This law was established in 1938 when the U.S law passed the Food, Drug and cosmetic act. While searching to discover if my everyday facial cream is tested on animals I found that effectively it is. Knowing that the Neutrogena the #1 dermatologist recommended acne wash is being tested effectively gives the consumer relief of

In the age of technology where production of cruelty-free products is safe and simple, the results from experiments involving animals are flawed and incomparable to humans, and testing is plainly cruel and inhumane, all cosmetic companies should cease the involvement of animal-testing along with an end to the sale of new products that have been tested on animals.

Not all makeup brands test their products on animals but 30 companies do in the US.

The authors gave a descriptive article on the different types of alternative animal testing for cosmetics. In addition, the authors of this article is affiliated with the Miami Valley Laboratories and Kanebo Cosmetics. The publication of this article was in 2010, which is relatively recent. These authors have published many academic journals concerning the safety assessment of cosmetics. This journal article supports my research question by stating the different possible alternatives of animal testing on cosmetics before they are produced onto

Today, in 80% of countries, the testing of cosmetics on animals is still legal, and in some some countries, it is even required. Animal testing is an unacceptable practice that should not be legal in any sense. *Therefore, the cosmetic industries use of animal testing should be illegal because it is a form of animal cruelty and abuse and it is not necessary to make quality and safe cosmetics.*

The European Union is planning to ban animal testing for cosmetics to be by 2009. In the United States, Revlon and Avon were two of the first large companies to halt all cosmetics testing on animals. Some, on the other hand, have debated that the main ingredients in cosmetics have previously been tested on animals. Therefore, their safety is well established, which means that it's 'easier' for companies to find alternatives to test product formulations because most active ingredients have already been approved. As time, technology and technology progress, it is likely that cosmetic animal testing will either decrease or end all

Animal testing for cosmetic ingredients was introduced a few years ago due to the fact that women were wearing cosmetics, which included ingredients that were unsafe to human flesh and eyes,

From makeup brands to cleaning supplies; here are just a few of the companies that test their products on animals. Almay, Arm & Hammer, Avon, Axe, Bobbi Brown, Clinique, Cover Girl, Crest, Dove, Estee Lauder, Glade, Johnson & Johnson, Lancome, L'Oreal, MAC Cosmetics, Mary Kay, Maybelline, Michael Kors, Neutrogena, Olay, Pantene, Pledge, Revlon, Sally Beauty Supply, Sally Hansen, Smashbox Cosmetics, Suave, TRESemme, Vaseline and Windex. This is only a short list of brands that test their products on animals. Several cosmetic tests commonly performed on mice, rats, rabbits, and guinea pigs include: skin and eye irritation tests where chemicals are rubbed on shaved skin or dripped into the eyes without any pain relief. Over 100 million animals are burned, crippled, poisoned, and abused due to animal testing every

Another government that has very poor animal researching laws is China. They have mandatory animal tests on all cosmetic products that are imported there and encourage all products made there to be tested. So almost every cosmetic product in China is not cruelty-free (Fact Sheet). The only alternative testing they allow is on ordinary cosmetics. Which is defined as “general hair care, nail care, cosmetics, perfumes and skin care.” And the cosmetics must be manufactured and sold in China but they only encourage it, not enforce it. The company can still decide if they would like to use animal testing still or not. So all non-ordinary cosmetics manufactured and sold in China must be tested on animals (Combs, 2016). This does very little to protect animals. Testing to find breakthroughs in medicine can be justified but testing cosmetics is ridiculous, and there shouldn’t be so many chemicals in beauty products to begin with.

“Beauty without cruelty” is the outcry that can be heard from animal right activists around the world. The FDA does not require companies to perform tests on animals but if the cosmetic product contains chemicals that can be seen as toxins, testing becomes a necessity. There are currently thirteen safety tests that are performed on animals.