Animal Experimentation Products used on your body are always tested for safety before being bought and sold to consumers. Experimentations and testing are used for cosmetics, food and drugs and is done on animals. In any local beauty supply stores, such as Sephora or CVS Pharmacy some brands state that the items are cruelty-free. What does cruelty free-mean? It’s to inform buyers that the products are not experimented on animals. What are the procedures and requirements to conducting these tests? I strongly believe that experimentation on animals should not be allowed because they are painful, inhumane and there are several alternative testing methods.
Many animals are killed every year in cruel and painful ways due to the toxicity of chemicals and poison. “Animals are forced to swallow or inhale massive quantities of a test substance or have a chemical smeared in their eyes or on their skin.” (PETA.org) Several tests include acute toxicity testing which is using a great …show more content…
Brands state on their products that their items are cruelty-free. Some beauty brands that still test on animals include: Victoria’s Secret, Clinique, MAC, Estee Lauder and Revlon. Those products can be found at any local mall or beauty supply stores such as Sephora. Instead of purchasing products that test on animals, you can easily purchase a product from a brand that is cruelty-free. Some of those beauty brands are, Lush, NYX, Too Faced Cosmetics, Smashbox and Wet n Wild. Animal testing is legal and there is no U.S. law or requirements in order to proceed with experiments on animals. Which, should be amended to no longer be used for animal testing. Instead of animal testing, scientist and laboratories should use alternative methods. By using this replacement method, it saves money and is more humane than testing on animals. One of the methods used is in vitro methods which is involves human cells and
Many animals are killed every year in cruel and painful ways due to the toxicity of chemicals and poison. “Animals are forced to swallow or inhale massive quantities of a test substance or have a chemical smeared in their eyes or on their skin.” (PETA.org) Several tests include acute toxicity testing which is using a great …show more content…
Brands state on their products that their items are cruelty-free. Some beauty brands that still test on animals include: Victoria’s Secret, Clinique, MAC, Estee Lauder and Revlon. Those products can be found at any local mall or beauty supply stores such as Sephora. Instead of purchasing products that test on animals, you can easily purchase a product from a brand that is cruelty-free. Some of those beauty brands are, Lush, NYX, Too Faced Cosmetics, Smashbox and Wet n Wild. Animal testing is legal and there is no U.S. law or requirements in order to proceed with experiments on animals. Which, should be amended to no longer be used for animal testing. Instead of animal testing, scientist and laboratories should use alternative methods. By using this replacement method, it saves money and is more humane than testing on animals. One of the methods used is in vitro methods which is involves human cells and