Before 1938, there was no technique or law to regulate the safety of cosmetic, so that animal experimentation was used as an effective way to test and determine the
safety of products before the cosmetic was sold. According to Human Society International (2013), two hundred and thousand animals have to endure pain and death just for cosmetic every year around the world. The issue of making this method illegal still is a subject of much controversy. From my perspective, it is essential that animal experimentation should be prohibited globally since it is unethical and dispensable.
Firstly, the advocate of this experimentation would argue that cosmetic products have to meet specific functions and requirements on beauty improvement; and due to the similar structure of animal with human body, they are supposed to be the most optimal test subjects that can firmly ensure the safety standard of production. This point seems to have certain surface values. However, on a thorough examination, it is nothing but a mere discrimination against the accuracy and legitimacy of this approach. The Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) both indicates that this method is poor scientific practice and can be erroneous owing to its misleading animal models and obsolete technique. Moreover, with the cutting-edge technology, alternative experiments are currently developing to examine the ingredient in makeup production rather than these unnecessary and poisoning tests. Some advanced and practical solutions for this issue were shown by Maxwell, et al. (2008) such as “ Chemical Reactivity; Peptide Reactivity; Epidermal Disposition/Tissue Bio availability; Epi -dermal Inflammation; DC activation and T-cell proliferation “. Besides this, Drs. MacLennan and Amos in “Cosmetics and Toiletries, Manufacturers and Suppliers” also invalidate the feasibility to correlate data from animal to human by virtue of their fundamental differences. Because of these reasons, cosmetic companies and brands should entirely adopt non-animal methods for their
produce progress.
Secondly, the opponents of banning animal testing also maintain that some species
infrahuman may not have strong feelings and emotion like humans because of the
lacking in consciousness. While it is true that animal is made anaesthesia during testing progress, it is hardly acceptable that they still have to suffer from toxic chemicals and serious diseases, which can lead to day-to-day damaged organ system before they ultimately die. A further research found that with a view to guarantee each particular function of products, animal are usually interfected by heavy metals, skin burned, maimed, brain damage, blinded and other invasive procedures in these lethal experimentations. (Act, Tenneriello, Koppisch, & Fagan, 2014). Furthermore, these unreliable tests are evaluated to be barbaric and inhumane since their primary purpose merely for appearance improvement. As the research of Human Society International (2013) mentioned above, millions animals are slaughtered each year just to create huge profits for cosmetic companies. Because of all the injury that living creatures have to undergo, these cruel experiments should be limited.
Nowadays, both citizens and government have to take legal actions to restrict this kind of experiment in order to protect the survival of the animal. For instance, a large number of countries, especially in the EU, laid down some rules that prohibit on the sale and transport of cosmetics animal-tested in 2013. In addition, consumers of cosmetic should purchase cruelty-free products like: Lush, Cosrx or The body shop in order to encourage many alternative methods that science has to offer.
By means of conclusion, government should combine with cosmetic companies to put an end to these cruel experiments. It is widely believed that animal tests should be performed just in case scientists have no alternative choices and for medical purposes. This method needs to be banned widely to partly guarantee the survival of species.
Before
1938, there was no technique or law to regulate the safety of
cosmetic
,
so
that
animal
experimentation
was
used
as an effective way to
test
and determine the
safety of
products
before
the
cosmetic
was sold
. According to
Human
Society International (2013), two hundred and
thousand
animals
have to
endure pain and death
just
for
cosmetic
every year around the world. The issue of making this
method
illegal
still
is a subject of much controversy. From my perspective, it is essential that
animal
experimentation
should
be prohibited
globally since it is unethical and dispensable.
Firstly
, the advocate of this
experimentation
would argue that
cosmetic
products
have to
meet
specific functions and requirements on beauty improvement; and due to the similar structure of
animal
with
human
body, they
are supposed
to be the most optimal
test
subjects that can
firmly
ensure the safety standard of production. This point seems to have certain surface values.
However
, on a thorough examination, it is nothing
but
a mere discrimination against the accuracy and legitimacy of this approach. The Ethical Treatment of
Animals
(PETA) and the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (
BUAV
) both indicates that this
method
is poor scientific practice and can be erroneous owing to its misleading
animal
models and obsolete technique.
Moreover
, with the cutting-edge technology, alternative
experiments
are
currently
developing to examine the ingredient in makeup production
rather
than these unnecessary and poisoning
tests
.
Some
advanced and practical solutions for this issue
were shown
by Maxwell, et al. (2008) such as
“
Chemical Reactivity; Peptide Reactivity; Epidermal Disposition/Tissue Bio availability;
Epi
-dermal Inflammation; DC activation and T-cell proliferation “.
Besides
this,
Drs
.
MacLennan
and Amos in
“Cosmetics
and Toiletries, Manufacturers and Suppliers”
also
invalidate the feasibility to correlate data from
animal
to
human
by virtue of their fundamental differences.
Because
of these reasons,
cosmetic
companies
and brands should
entirely
adopt non-animal
methods
for their
produce progress.
Secondly
, the opponents of banning
animal
testing
also
maintain that
some
species
infrahuman
may not have strong feelings and emotion like
humans
because
of the
lacking in consciousness. While it is true that
animal
is made
anaesthesia
during testing progress, it is hardly acceptable that they
still
have to
suffer from toxic chemicals and serious diseases, which can lead to day-to-day damaged organ system
before
they
ultimately
die
. A
further
research found that with a view to guarantee each particular function of
products
,
animal
are
usually
interfected
by heavy metals, skin burned, maimed, brain damage, blinded and other invasive procedures in these lethal
experimentations
. (Act,
Tenneriello
,
Koppisch
, &
Fagan
, 2014).
Furthermore
, these unreliable
tests
are evaluated
to be barbaric and inhumane since their primary purpose
merely
for appearance improvement. As the research of
Human
Society International (2013) mentioned above, millions
animals
are slaughtered
each year
just
to create huge profits for
cosmetic
companies
.
Because
of all the injury that living creatures
have to
undergo, these cruel
experiments
should
be limited
.
Nowadays, both citizens and
government
have to
take legal actions to restrict this kind of
experiment
in order to protect the survival of the
animal
.
For instance
,
a large number of
countries,
especially
in the EU, laid down
some
rules
that prohibit on the sale and transport of
cosmetics
animal-
tested
in 2013.
In addition
, consumers of
cosmetic
should
purchase
cruelty-free
products
like: Lush,
Cosrx
or The body shop in order to encourage
many
alternative
methods
that science
has to
offer.
By means of conclusion,
government
should combine with
cosmetic
companies
to put an
end
to these cruel
experiments
. It is
widely
believed that
animal
tests
should
be performed
just
in case scientists have no alternative choices and for medical purposes. This
method
needs to
be banned
widely
to partly guarantee the survival of species.