Say_NO!_To_Cosmetic_Animal_Testing

Say NO! To Cosmetic Animal Testing Millions of animals suffer and die in tests determining the safety of cosmetics. Substances such as eye shadow and soap are tested on guinea pigs, dogs, rats, rabbits and other animals, despite the fact that the test results do not help prevent or treat human illness or injury. Cosmetics are not required to be tested on animals, and since non-animal alternatives exist, it is difficult to understand why some companies still continue to conduct these tests. Cosmetic companies murder millions of animals each year just to make a profit. According to the companies that perform these tests, they are done to establish the safety of a product and the ingredients. However, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) which regulates cosmetics, does not require animal testing procedures. A few examples of the tests conducted are skin irritancy tests, eye irritancy tests, and acute toxicity tests. Skin irritancy tests are a process which involves applying chemicals on an animal’s raw, shaved skin, and covering the skin with an adhesive plaster. The animals are immobilized in restraining devices to prevent them from struggling. Meanwhile, laboratory workers apply the chemicals, which often burn into the animal’s skin. tests, animals, animal, companies, testing, skin, irritancy, eye, tested, test, substance, safety, eyes, alternatives, welfare, using, rabbits, prevent, percent, methods, include, cosmetics, cosmetic, write, weeks, treatment, toxicity, tissue, swollen, substances, reliable, record, reactions, products