Animal Testing

 

Animal Testing

Animal experimentation is the creation and use of animal models for scientific purposes, the purpose of which is usually to extend and improve the lives of humans and other animals, such as pets or livestock, animal research is mandatory in the development of new drugs or therapies to be used on humans according to the Nuremberg Code, after barbarities were committed on humans in World War II.

In cosmetic research, painful experiments are conducted on hundreds of thousands of animals each year, including rabbits, guinea pigs, rats, mice. These tests include skin or eye irritation and skin sensitization.

More than 12 million animals are used in EU research every year. This equates to 137 animals suffering cruel and painful experiments every 10 minutes.

As we can see, the numbers are alarming, thousands of animals die so that we can use our cosmetics and toiletries, however, there are solutions to prevent this problem from continuing.

• o   Companies should look for other alternatives, such as cell cultures, in fact, organizations and scientists have been working for decades on new drug designs and experimental research methods that promote more humane alternative methods.

• o   Today, technology surprises us by the wonderful things it does, so companies working in cosmetics should rely more on technology to create their products without harming animals.

• o   This is more of an idea than a solution, the different organizations should create a law prohibiting animal experimentation.

• o   And this solution is something that you and I can do, and that is that we should not buy products that do not have the animal cruelty-free seal on their packaging, small things make big changes.

Finally, here are some animal cruelty-free brands

Group: 
- Maria José Espinosa
- Santiago Alvear