Animal Testing Cosmetics

In the kitchen. In the bathroom. Possibly in a loved one’s bedroom. Products that have been tested on animals can be seen everywhere. These products can range anywhere from cosmetics to drugs to cleaning supplies. Companies involved with animal testing include Johnson & Johnson, Iams Pet Food, Kimberly-Clark with Kleenex, Mars Candy, and Trojan Condoms (8 Products). With individuals becoming more aware of the issue, the conditions in which these animals are kept and the treatment these animals go through are being looked into. Animal testing can take place on dogs, rats, mice, monkeys, and many other types of animals. Due to the rising industries of cosmetics and drugs, animal testing remains the leading factor of whether or not these products …show more content…
Girls have it plastered on their face and boys tend to bathe in it to attract the ladies. In the cosmetic industry, there is a vast array of companies to choose from that will give the consumers what they want. A cosmetic is defined by Oxford Dictionary as, “a product applied to the body, especially the face, to improve its appearance” (“Cosmetic”). This means that cosmetics can include makeup, sunscreen, perfumes, colognes, and facial washes. At one point, all of those products were tested on animals. However, animal testing has been around for so long, that we should have enough chemicals tested. Why continue testing chemicals over and over again when the results are the same? At the same time, companies continue inventing newer and better products that require a new set of chemicals to be tested. However, animal testing may not seem as beneficial as one would think. According to Henry Mone, “Reliance on animal testing… has actually hindered the evaluation of many chemicals and ingredients inside and outside the cosmetics industry.” Due to the amount of time and money animal testing takes, it is almost not worth it (20). It is not the time and money that have people concerned, but the way they test the …show more content…
With animal testing for drugs, scientists run into many issues. There is the fact that animals, especially rats and dogs are biologically different than humans. It was calculated in a study that, “animal tests and human results are the same only 5% to 25% of the time. Eighty-eight percent of doctors agreed that animal experiments can be misleading ‘because of anatomical and physiological differences between animals and humans.’” Although many drugs passed animal testing, once given to humans, serious illnesses and birth defects started to arise (Stachura 148). For the amount of money that is put into animal testing, that is a very low percentage. There are some cases where certain drugs were deemed unsafe in animals, but benefitted humans when consumed. If scientists are not listening to what their test subjects are saying, why have