Cosmetics Tested on Animals

by Jolie Bershad

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Types of animals tested on and how many animals die and suffer each year:
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Rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, rats and mice are all used for testing of makeup products.
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Dogs and monkeys are used for other testing of chemicals.
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100,000-200,000 animals die and suffer each year from being tested on and over 100 million animals are burned, crippled, poisoned and abused in U.S. labs each year.
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Things that scientists do to test the animals include: skin and eye irritants. The chemical is rubbed onto shaved skin or dripped into their eyes.
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What scientists do to animals:
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Animals are forced to swallow huge amounts of chemicals to test how much of the chemicals cause death.
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These tests cause: considerable pain, blindness, swollen eyes, convulsions, organ damage, internal bleeding, sore bleeding skin, and death.
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PAIN RELIEF IS NOT PROVIDED!
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Up to 90% of animals were stolen for lab testing.
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The three largest cosmetics markets: Europe, Israel and India have banned animal testing for cosmetics.
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Humane Society says that a single pesticide requires more than 50 experiments and use of as many as 12,000 animals.

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