Pros Of Animal Testing
End Tortures of Cosmetic Testing According to Animals in Research, an estimate of 25 million animals, worldwide, are used and killed through animal experimentation every year. Every single day, tons of animals die due to the exposure of chemicals in cosmetics. Over the past few years, technology has greatly expanded, becoming more powerful and smarter than the average human being. With technology being so advanced, why hasn’t animal experimentation been kicked to the curb? Technology has given the power to stop animal testing and test chemicals in such way that will not hurt a living creature. Animal testing for the cosmetic industry is not beneficial due to physical differences between humans and animals, cost and other
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Those $12 billion come straight from taxpayer money. America could use the money in a more efficient way than animal experimentation. Using non-animal tests as an alternative can give more accurate results and it can be more economical. Many different options are available when it comes to testing ingredients and chemicals in cosmetics for companies. These options according to Animal Testing on Cosmetics include; use ingredients that have already been tested and are confirmed to be safe, use non-animal testing, or start testing on human …show more content…
There are several limitations to animal testing, such as, the physical differences between an animal and human skin. Human skin can be more sensitive to certain chemicals than animal skin. Many times, some chemicals pass the test with animals but not with humans. Using alternatives to animal testing can give more accurate results and it is cheaper. Many cosmetic companies that insure the animals being tested on are not treated poorly, but in reality they are. Hundreds of animals die every day due to the fact that people pour so much chemicals onto their skin to test toxicity levels. Animals cannot talk and that is why people need to be their voices. Consumers have the power to stop animal testing by not buying animal tested products. Experimentation on animals is unnecessary and cruel. Even though there are some animals who share an enormous amount of DNA with humans, human skin still differs from animal
Those $12 billion come straight from taxpayer money. America could use the money in a more efficient way than animal experimentation. Using non-animal tests as an alternative can give more accurate results and it can be more economical. Many different options are available when it comes to testing ingredients and chemicals in cosmetics for companies. These options according to Animal Testing on Cosmetics include; use ingredients that have already been tested and are confirmed to be safe, use non-animal testing, or start testing on human …show more content…
There are several limitations to animal testing, such as, the physical differences between an animal and human skin. Human skin can be more sensitive to certain chemicals than animal skin. Many times, some chemicals pass the test with animals but not with humans. Using alternatives to animal testing can give more accurate results and it is cheaper. Many cosmetic companies that insure the animals being tested on are not treated poorly, but in reality they are. Hundreds of animals die every day due to the fact that people pour so much chemicals onto their skin to test toxicity levels. Animals cannot talk and that is why people need to be their voices. Consumers have the power to stop animal testing by not buying animal tested products. Experimentation on animals is unnecessary and cruel. Even though there are some animals who share an enormous amount of DNA with humans, human skin still differs from animal