Animal Testing

In our Cosmetic Products

By: Victoria &

Erazmy

Have you used or owned any of these

Products?
Animal Testing occurs in most
of our everyday products.
As you can see many of the
Products displayed are for
Cosmetic use such as
Make-up
Shampoos
Daily hygiene products
Perfumes

What is Animal Testing?

The term "animal testing" refers to procedures performed on living animals for purposes
of research such as

assessing the effectiveness of new medicinal products

testing the human health and/or environmental safety (consumer and industry products)
Examples of products that use animal testing

Cosmetics
household cleaners
food additives
pharmaceuticals
industrial/agro-chemicals

It is not required by the United States to conduct testing to ensure the

safety of products.
(Humane Society International)

What happens to animals during

testing?
According to PETA (Ethical Treatment of Animals ), these tests are not required by law, and they
often produce inaccurate or misleading results.

skin and eye irritation tests where chemicals are rubbed onto the shaved skin or dripped into
the eyes of restrained rabbits without any pain relief

repeated force-feeding studies lasting weeks or months to look for signs of general illness or
specific health hazards such as cancer or birth defects; and widely condemned "lethal dose"
tests, in which animals are forced to swallow large amounts of a test chemical to determine
the dose that causes death.

Source: Humanesociety.org

What does it feel like to be

tested?
In the United Kingdom, Lush
(an all-natural cosmetics company)
performed an animal testing scenario using a human as an example
to bring an end to Animal Testing

Humane Society International and Lush

Cosmetics have joined forces to launch the
largest-ever global campaign to end animal
testing for cosmetics.

Alternatives to Animal Testing

There is no proven Science that Animal Testing benefits
humans
Scientists have developed sophisticated product tests that
are faster, cheaper, and far more accurate than testing on
animals. In the 1920s scientists developed human cell
cultures and tissue studies (in vitro tests) and artificial
human skin and eyes mimic the bodys natural
properties, and a number of virtual organs serve as
accurate models of human body parts.

Reconstructive Skin Models

Episkin: is grown from cells harvested from the top layer of pieces of skin.
Reconstructed for the evaluation of cosmetics, pharmaceutical and
chemical compounds.
Epiocular: A reproducible, multi-layered human cell-deprived tissue for
testing ocular irritancy (Eyes)of chemicals and others materials. Consists
of human derived skin from the outermost layer of skin, similar to the thin
tissues found in the cornea.
Epiderm: human cell-derived, organotypic (tissue removed from an organ)
in vitro skin model. It is used for studies of corrosives and irritants
Source: http://www.mattek.com/pages/products/epiderm

Epiderm
Episkin(Skin)(Identifies irritant
chemicals)

Epiocular(Eyes)

What are some products that Do Not

use animal testing? (Girl Products)

What can we do to help?

Stop purchasing products that use animal testing.
Search for products that state in the back they do not use
animal testing.
Check online before buying products.

Alternatives for guy products.

Help End Animal Testing!

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