Whats Wrong With Testing on Animals?
Every year, millions of animals are poisoned, blinded, and killed in crude tests to evaluate the toxicity of consumer products and their ingredients. Rats, mice, guinea pigs, rabbits, and other animals are forced to swallow or inhale huge quantities of a test substance or endure the pain of a chemical eating away at their sensitive eyes and skin . But the suffering and death of these animals is entirely unnecessary in the making of products like your shampoo, eye shadow, and toilet cleaner. No law requires animal testing of cosmetics or personal care and household cleaning products, so manufacturers of these products have no excuse for inflicting suffering on animals. Companies that test these types of products on animals should be boycotted until they change to a non-animal-testing policy. You may think companies that test on animals do so for your safety, but these tests usually aren’t reliable in determining a chemical’s effect on humans. Reactions can vary greatly from species to s
