Cruelty in animal testing laboratories
In the bright side, the European Union (EU), Israel, and India have banned the sale of any cosmetics or cosmetics ingredients that have been tested on animals. These marketing bans mean that companies all around the world will have to abandon animal testing for cosmetics they want to sell in these huge markets. The bans follow vigorous campaigning by PETA, its international affiliates, and members and supporters that included public protests, phone calls, and tens of thousands of e-mails.
Unfortunately, there’s no ban on testing cosmetics or household products on animals in the U.S., so companies that make and sell their products here can choose to conduct tests on animals.
Every year, millions of animals are poisoned and killed in barbaric and outdated tests that attempt to evaluate the hazards of consumer products and their ingredients. In an effort to measure toxic effects, rats, mice, guinea pigs, rabbits, and other 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. It is now evident that tests on animals often do not predict outcomes in humans, and many non-animal test methods are available and continue to be developed.
Some companies that still test on animals in 2021
- BENEFIT COSMETICS
- AVENE
- AXE
- BIODERMA
- CALVIN KLEIN
- CARMEX
- CREST
- CLINIQUE
- DIOR
- DKNY FRAGRANCE
- ESTEE LAUDER
- FENDI
- GILLETTE
- GLAMGLOW
- HUGO BOSS
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON
- KENZO
- L’OCCITANE
- L’OREAL
- LACOME
- LYSOL
- MAC COSMETICS
- MARK JACOBS FRAGRANCES
- NIVEA
- ORAL-B
- OLD SPICE
- PANTENE
- REVLON
- REXONA
- VICHY
What can you do?
The best way to stop companies from using animals is to refuse to purchase their products and to write and tell them why you won’t be using their eye shadow, detergent, or shampoo.
The good news is that today, a multitude of cruelty-free cosmetics and household products are not tested on animals. Check out PETA’s database of companies that don’t test on animals and request a free copy of PETA’s global Cruelty-Free Shopping Guide to find cruelty-free versions of all the products that you could ever need.
Also, I really recommend Ethical Elephant website discover all the brands that are cruelty free, shopping guides, resources and many more. https://ethicalelephant.com/cruelty-free-brand-list/
I suggest for anyone reading this entry, to watch the following short film about animal cruelty.
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