Martinez
P.3
Cosmetic Animal Testing
MAKEUP! What some of the girls/boys would say is art on your face or body. For housewifes, what is cleaning without the right cleaning liquids and sprays? But have you ever wondered, how are these products safe around my skin and family? The answer is animal testing. In this case is cosmetic animal testing..”Every year, over one hundred million animals are burned, crippled,poisoned,and abused in US labs every year”(11 facts). “It’s said that an animal dies in a laboratory every three seconds. Those in favor of animal experimentation say they’re taking animals’ lives to save humans”(11 facts). Let's be honest is this really necessary to have animals be tortured through painful experiments?Is it right to end an animal’s life while simply testing on some lipstick …show more content…
What did they ever do to us? Testing on animals has become a frequent daily routine for these poor animals. Rats, mice, guinea pigs, and bunnies suffer from these inhumane unnecessary tests everyday, not only in the us but in other countries around the world. Other than that we are the one’s paying for it with taxes! These tests aren’t cheap at all, some of them cost more than a heart surgery on a human! Would you like supporting this cruelty?
The Torture Chamber By now you maybe asking;What are these tests? What products are these animals tested for? How bad and harmful are these tests to animals? Well picture this we all have five senses ;sight, taste, smell, sound and touch. Let’s start with sight, Eye irritation/ corrosion test usually made for products such as; eyeliners,mascara,eyelash glue,eye drops and eye contact solution along with eye contacts. For this test rabbits are the main victims with this test, this tests seeks for eye irritation and eye corrosion (poisoning of the eye), to see if it's reversible or not. It may sound helpful but the procedure is the worst. It starts with clamping and tying down