The Role Of Animal Testing In Cosmetics

Morality of Animal Testing in Cosmetics According to a report written by the Physicians committee, 72 percent of American customers believe that testing cosmetics or personal care products on animals is inhumane and unethical. Animal testing is a horrendous way to produce ingredients for products because of the harmful effects left on the animals. Alternative tests have effects that are more suitable for cosmetic companies because the results are better and more time/cost efficient. Despite the beliefs that animal testing for cosmetics is beneficial, it is harmful and unnecessary to the animals being tested and it may hurt many companies’ credibility, therefore animal testing should be banned for all American companies in the cosmetic industry. Animals that are used for testing out products in the cosmetic industry undergo harmful and hazardous …show more content…
Even though it is hard to believe that animal testing is positive, it is true that there are some ways that animal testing positively affects companies’ products. One way is because it fills test gaps, “There aren’t non-animal test methods available yet for every single test area that needs to be performed for new ingredients… So where there are test gaps, animal tests are performed”(Humane Society International, hsi.org). Animal testing is used to test products that don’t have specific alternative tests. Not all products are able to be tested by alternative tests because scientists have not discovered all types of alternative tests. Animal testing is needed to effectively test certain products in order to care for their customers. But, even though animal testing gives good information about certain products, there are alternative tests that supply better information. Animal testing is able to give information about ingredients and products, but not all of the information is