The Controversial Issue Of Cosmetics Animal Testing

A lot of people buy cosmetic products being ignorant to the fact that, that one product has killed a lot of animals. How would you like being sprayed with poisonous liquids, taking poisonous eye drops?, or being fed toxic substances? Cosmetic factories have been doing these inhumane things and more to innocent animals for years.

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.

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

In 1944 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration(FDA) toxicologist John H. Draize created the Draize Test to diagnose effects of new cosmetics developed. This test is still used by some companies today despite it being known as a painful test. The test procedures require for the substance being tested put under the animals eye or skin for hours on end to

Animals that are most commonly used for testing are rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, rats, and mice (“About”). Chemicals are forced onto animals shaved skin and all over their bodies, including their eyes and their mouths (“About”). One of the main tests used is the draize eye test (“Animal Testing”). This test is most commonly performed on rabbits, which involves holding back their eyelids so they cannot blink, while pouring chemicals into their eyes. (“Animal Testing”) Another frequently used animal test is the LD-50 test (“Animals and Product Testing”). This test can kill a room full of animals because of its strength (“Animals and Product Testing”). After the testing is over, the animals do not receive pain medication (“About”). Instead, they are killed by decapitation and neck breaking (“About”). It is a legal requirement for cosmetic safety and FDA policy to develop new methods that avoid the use of animals in cosmetic testing (“Animal Testing and Cosmetics”). There are more than forty tests that do not involve the use of animals, but most companies overlook these tests and stick to using the methods of testing that they are familiar with (“About”). If companies would stick to using safe products that already exist, animal testing would not be an issue (“Animal Testing and Cosmetics”). Lush and Paul Mitchell, which are vegan cosmetic and beauty companies, do not allow any of their products to be sold in China, because animal testing is mandatory for all cosmetic products sold in the country

Gerhard Zbinden, a toxicologist described that “the testing of just one substance can involve using up to 800 animals.” The pain and suffering that the large amount of these animals go through is not worth the possible benefits to humans. When animals are used for product toxicity testing or laboratory research, they are forced to undergo painful and deadly experiments. The most common product safety tests are the Draize test and the LD50 test. Rats and mice are usually used for this experiment. Since both trials are the most painful and deadly of all, they are often avoided but still performed. During an LD50 test, tubes are attached to the esophagus of the stomach and force fed chemical products, causing the animals to then suffer with discomfort and pain throughout different parts of the body. The Draize test determines the consequences of getting a chemical into a human’s eyes. In order to determine the eye irritancy of a product, scientists place it into a rabbit’s eyes and look out for eye damage. Specifically, swelling, redness, bleeding, and blindness. After performing the Draize test, rabbits’ either often bleed or become blind. They experience these symptoms for up to 14 days until they are evaluated for further internal damage. When performing the Draize and LD50 test, animals are expected to fail. Though, some take days and even weeks to die. During their weeks of slowly dying, the animals’ experience vomiting, diarrhea, and internal bleeding. Because so many animals are forced to go through these intensely painful test runs, animals experimentation ought to end to prevent wate of animals

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

Imagine being born, only to live a life of torture. You are brought to a lab, and cruelly tested on against your will. Toxins poured into your eyes, painful injections to your skin, then left to die when you’re no longer useful. Although many do not realize it, people use products tested on animals in their everyday lives. For girls, many of your favorite makeup brands, such as Estee Lauder, Makeup Forever, and Maybelline take part in animal testing. Products such as toothpaste, cologne, deodorant, laundry detergent, razors, and even band-aids aren’t tested innocently, either. As a makeup enthusiast, I am passionate about how the products I use daily are tested. Today I will help you understand what animal testing is and how it started, how it’s currently affecting animals around the world, and what organizations are doing to help make a difference in the future. To begin, I will explain the history of animal testing. An animal test is any scientific experiment or test in which a live animal is forced to undergo something that is likely to cause them pain, suffering, distress, or lasting harm.(https://www.crueltyfreeinternational.org/why-we-do-it/what-animal-testing) Animal experiments are not the same as taking your animal to the vet. Animals used in laboratories are harmed, not for their own good, and usually killed at the end of an experiment. Animal experiments include injecting or force feeding animals with potentially harmful substances, exposing animals to radiation,

Many supporters of animal testing believe that the new methods of testing are not going to be as effective as the original method and the results of the tests will not provide as much useful scientific information as the animal tests would. While animal testing seems to be the easiest and most reliable possible way to gather information for human products without causing the humans any pain or discomfort that is incorrect. There are new innovative ways to test for human cosmetic products that may not only be less controversial than animal testing, but also more reliable and effective than animal testing. These new methods are proving to not only be less harmful, but they are also considered more accurate in some cases. One of the new alternative methods that is being used to substitute animal testing is using specific frozen body parts that have been donated to a hospital bank rather than using living animal’s body parts. An example of this is using donated corneas for the Draize eye test rather than inserting the testing substance into the eyes of the animals. An additional alternative is growing human body cells in laboratories and using these cells for testing instead of the animals. These are not only saving the lives of many animals they are also being considered more effective because these test subjects are actually dependable and relevant

Each year, thousands of animals are brutally tortured in laboratories, in the name of cosmetic research. A movement to ban animal testing for cosmetic purposes has been gaining popularity, with many companies hopping on the bandwagon against this research. New alternatives have been developed to eliminate the necessity to test on animals. This is only a small beginning of what is necessary to end these immoral acts. Animal testing in cosmetics is useless and cruel, and can be accomplished by other methods of research to end the suffering of animals.

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.

Using animals in research and to test the safety of products has been a topic of heated debate for decades. According to data collected by F. Barbara Orlans for her book, In the Name of Science: Issues in Responsible Animal Experimentation, sixty percent of all animals used in testing are used in biomedical research and product-safety testing (62). People have different feelings for animals; many look upon animals as companions while others view animals as a means for advancing medical techniques or furthering experimental research. However individuals perceive animals, the fact remains that animals are being exploited by research facilities and cosmetics

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.

The barbaric practice of animal testing has been happening since the 19th century, and cosmetics testing on animals has been around since the mid 1900’s, when a woman was injured by using mascara (Murnaghan, "Animal Testing Timeline"). The woman received burns on her eyes, and ultimately was blinded by her makeup. This incidence caused the Food and Drug Administration to pass the 1938 Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act, which introduced testing cosmetics on animals to prevent injuries similar to this from happening (Murnaghan, "Animal Testing Timeline").

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