Each year over 100 million animals are killed in order to prove that a product is safe. In order to figure out if products are harmful to human beings, animals are forced to go under harsh and torturous conditions; to see if it would possible have any harmful effects on the human body.
When cosmetic products are tested on animals such as mice, rats, rabbit and guinea pigs they are often used to test skin and eye irritation. Where they would rub the product on their bear skin or have it dripped into their eyes without anything to alleviate the pain they receive. Cosmetic companies use The Draize eye test to calculate the irritation to the eye by the products. By strapping bunnies down and clipping their eyelids open to stop them from blinking away the …show more content…
They are now the leading campaigners against animal testing all across Europe. Despite cosmetic testing still being relatively new at that time Britain still took animals into consideration and by 1998 they decided to outlaw all cosmetics that have been tested on animals. They are a group of 20 organizations spread all across Europe to stop animal experimentation. This group was first formed in 1990 where they all banded together in order to stop animal testing for cosmetics, they achieved this goal in 2013. Their dedication for the ban of cosmetic animal testing took 23 long years. There were many key points that occurred that lead to this. In 2000 the European Union a ban on of animal testing on finished products in two years then another ban of testing certain ingredients in three years. One major step was in 2003 where the 7th Amendment of the Cosmetic Directive stated wide animal testing bans and the bans of the sale of cosmetics that were tested outside of the European Union. The European Union was able to end cosmetic testing on animals despite Europe being the world largest cosmetic
When cosmetic products are tested on animals such as mice, rats, rabbit and guinea pigs they are often used to test skin and eye irritation. Where they would rub the product on their bear skin or have it dripped into their eyes without anything to alleviate the pain they receive. Cosmetic companies use The Draize eye test to calculate the irritation to the eye by the products. By strapping bunnies down and clipping their eyelids open to stop them from blinking away the …show more content…
They are now the leading campaigners against animal testing all across Europe. Despite cosmetic testing still being relatively new at that time Britain still took animals into consideration and by 1998 they decided to outlaw all cosmetics that have been tested on animals. They are a group of 20 organizations spread all across Europe to stop animal experimentation. This group was first formed in 1990 where they all banded together in order to stop animal testing for cosmetics, they achieved this goal in 2013. Their dedication for the ban of cosmetic animal testing took 23 long years. There were many key points that occurred that lead to this. In 2000 the European Union a ban on of animal testing on finished products in two years then another ban of testing certain ingredients in three years. One major step was in 2003 where the 7th Amendment of the Cosmetic Directive stated wide animal testing bans and the bans of the sale of cosmetics that were tested outside of the European Union. The European Union was able to end cosmetic testing on animals despite Europe being the world largest cosmetic