Cosmetic Testing On Animals

Cosmetic Testing on Animals

Every year, millions of animals suffer and die in painful
tests to determine the safety of cosmetics. Subezces such as eye
shadow and soap are tested on rabbits, rats, guinea pigs, dogs, and
other animals, despite the fact that the test results don’t help
prevent or treat human illness or injury.

Cosmetics are not required to be tested on animals and since
non-animal alternatives exist, it’s hard to underezd why some
companies still continue to conduct these tests. Cosmetic companies
kill millions of animals every year to try 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 cosmetic products,
does not require animal testing. Some of the tests used on animals are
eye irritancy tests, acute toxicity tests, and skin irritancy tests.

In eye irritancy tests, a liquid, flake, granule, or powdered
subezce is dropped into the eyes of a group of albino rabbits. The
animals are often immobilized in stocks from which only their heads
protrude. They usually receive no anesthesia during the tests.
After placing the subezce into the rabbits eyes, lab technicians
record the damage to the eye tissue at specific intervals over an
average period of 72 hours. The tests sometimes last seven to eighteen
days. Reactions to the subezces include swolle...

Cosmetic Testing On Animals

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