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Topic: Animal Testing on Cosmetics

Buzzle.com By katelyn "animal testing statistics." //buzzle.com// 2000-2010: 1. Web. 25 May 2010. .
 * 1) Rabbits get eye irritancy often from testing
 * 2) after the injury is recorded the rabbits are killed
 * 3) each year 56 to 100 million cat and 54 million dogs are born in the us
 * 4) at least one dog or cat are being researched on each day for each industry
 * 5) 39% expieriece pain
 * 6) rodents make up 85 to 90 percent of researched animals
 * 7) 61 don’t feel pain
 * 8) 31 are relieved by euthinazation
 * 9) france is highest number for animal testing 2.3 million tested on in 2005
 * 10) they don’t feel pain as much as human do.
 * 11) germany is senond highest for animal testing
 * 12) animal have equal right to life as humans do
 * 13) animals are genetically modified forcefed with harmful chemials blinded, scacled and mimed.
 * 14) 0.5% of research animals are non human primates
 * 15) in 2005 2.3 million animals were used in france where as germany made use of 1.8 million animals
 * 16) the united kingdom has banned cosmetic testing since 1990
 * 17) annually the number of dog or cats that are put to death in animal shelters is between 10.1 and 16.7 million
 * 18) animal testing helps them make safer products
 * 19) before there given to humans
 * 20) decrease in human deaths due to cardio vascular diseases
 * 21) because of the knowledge gained out of animal testing and research\
 * 22) animals are used in research only when they are indispensible
 * 23) during research the animals are treated humanly
 * 24) animal testing helps perserve the enviorment
 * 25) the side againest the tests proclaims that the main reason for conducting the testing is to earn profit at the expense of animals and avioding lawsuits from unsatisfied costumers
 * 26) most of the time, these animals are used in the research of the conditions or diseases that are not found in them naturally.
 * 27) animal rights activists believe that animals have as equal right to life as that of a human being
 * 28) the basic argument that the animal rights activists have managed to gain public support.
 * 29) under the disquise of these genetically tested animalsare genetically motified,
 * 30) force fed with harmful chemicals
 * 31) blinded

Mecry For Animals

by logan "cosmetic testing." //mercy for animals// 1995-2010: 1. Web. 25 May 2010. .
 * 1) Usually recieve no anastiecia.
 * 2) turning test rabbit eyelids held open with clips
 * 3) many animals break there neck struggling to escape
 * 4) reaction to the substances include swollen eyelids,
 * 5) inflamed irishes
 * 6) alsurations
 * 7) bleeding
 * 8) massive diteriation
 * 9) blindness
 * 10) a liquid flake, granule, or powdered substance is dropping into the eyes of albino rabbits
 * 11) millions of animals suffer and die after painful test every year
 * 12) injected under the skin
 * 13) into a vein
 * 14) into the lining of the abdomen
 * 15) mixed with lab chow
 * 16) inhaled into a gas mask
 * 17) introduced through the eyes rectum or vagina
 * 18) more then 500 manufatures of cosmetics and household products do not test on animals
 * 19) that companies can use the fact that there testing to help from human alsures
 * 20) the substance is forced by a tube into the animals stomachs
 * 21) through holes cut into their stomachs
 * 22) or holes cut in there necks
 * 23) lethal dose 50 (LD50) test was developed in 1927
 * 24) the scientific bases for animal safety test is weak
 * 25) no law requires animal testing for cosmetics and house hold items
 * 26) the fda requires that each ingrediant in a cosmetic requirement be safe
 * 27) the fda does not have the authority to require any pitucalar product test
 * 28) consumers include products with exciting new ingrediants
 * 29) test are often considered the easiest and cheapest way
 * 30) to prove the the new ingredieants are safe

care2.com by mandy "support animal welfare." //care2// 1995-2010. Web. 25 May 2010. .
 * 1) arm and hammer
 * 2) calvin klein
 * 3) carabay seaweed
 * 4) clorox
 * 5) pine sol
 * 6) colcate
 * 7) color me beautiful
 * 8) cover girl
 * 9) dome cosmetics
 * 10) donna karan beauty company
 * 11) jergens
 * 12) galary cosmetics
 * 13) bath and body works
 * 14) IAMS
 * 15) tommy hilfiger
 * 16) clinique
 * 17) origins
 * 18) elizabeth arden
 * 19) neutragena
 * 20) clean and clear
 * 21) johnson products co.
 * 22) kanobe
 * 23) kleenex
 * 24) huggies
 * 25) L'Oreal
 * 26) LPI
 * 27) suave
 * 28) sally hansen
 * 29) copper tone
 * 30) victoria secret

animal liberation

by logan "the north american animal liberation press office." //aimal liberation// 2000-2010: 1. Web. 25 May 2010. .
 * 1) some companies still test their products on animals,
 * 2) using shampoo
 * 3) deoderant
 * 4) toothpaste
 * 5) hair dye
 * 6) perfume
 * 7) after shave
 * 8) the animals are abserved fro 7-14 day
 * 9) 50% die
 * 10) rat and mice are often used
 * 11) suffer symtoms such as abdominal pain
 * 12) neck cramps
 * 13) convolsions
 * 14) vomiting
 * 15) paralysis
 * 16) diarrhoea
 * 17) breathing dificultys
 * 18) bleeding olcers
 * 19) irritating productson the skin can make it red
 * 20) this kind of injury id extremely painful
 * 21) in the LD50 test half the animals are made so sick that they die
 * 22) alternatives to using LD50
 * 23) eytex
 * 24) corneal cell culture
 * 25) reconstructed epidermis
 * 26) neutral red uptake
 * 27) microphysiometer
 * 28) computer modeling
 * 29) human volunteers
 * 30) there are many cruelty free companys

[|www.aboutanimaltesting.com] By katelyn "making informed choices about the use of animal testing." //about animal testing// 2000-2010: 1. Web. 25 May 2010. .
 * 1) very controversial
 * 2) band in UK
 * 3) testing is usally done to make sure it doesnt harm a persons eyes or skin
 * 4) also tested for toxicity
 * 5) also ultraviolet light
 * 6) this would be in a product that would contain retinol
 * 7) they test for mutagenic effects
 * 8) even after people still suffer from effects
 * 9) companys that dont test on animals benefit from companys who do
 * 10) even in states like the uk where the testing is banned they still have rules that make you test to make sure the product is safe

[|www.aboutmyplanet.com] by mandy "animal testing." //about my planet// 2000-2009: 1. Web. 25 May 2010. .
 * 1) 94% of animal testing is done to determine the safety of cosmetics and household products
 * 2) 6% is only for medical research
 * 3) banned in:
 * 4) belguim
 * 5) netherlands
 * 6) Uk
 * 7) US is legal
 * 8) alot come from the pound
 * 9) the most common animals for use are;
 * 10) mice
 * 11) rabbits
 * 12) dogs
 * 13) guinea pigs
 * 14) cats
 * 15) monkeys
 * 16) test that are done on the animals:
 * 17) whole body
 * 18) short term toxicity
 * 19) skin penetration
 * 20) skin ear irritancy
 * 21) eye irritancy
 * 22) skin sensitization
 * 23) phototoxicity
 * 24) photosensitisation
 * 25) mutagenicity
 * 26) carcinogencity
 * 27) reproductive toxicity
 * 28) teratogenicity
 * 29) the LD50 test short frorlethal dose
 * 30) one of the worst test was develpoed in 1927 and still used today

[|www.idausa.com] by-katelyn American Heart Association. Heart and Stroke Statistical Update: 2004 Update. Dallas: American Heart Association. Rose, J. The Neurobehavioral Nature of Fishes and the Question of Awareness and Pain. Reviews in Fisheries Science, 101-38 (2003). Benjamin Spock, M.D., and Steven J. Parker, M.D., Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care, 1996 (New York: Pocket Books), p. 333.
 * 1) fda doesn't require animal testing for cosmetic products
 * 2) alternative testing are widely available and lead to more reliable results
 * 3) product testing is commonly performed on animals to measure the levels of skin irritancy
 * 4) eye tissue damage
 * 5) toxicity caused by various substances used in the manufacture of cosmetics
 * 6) in the draize test caustic substances are placed in the eyes of the conscious rabbits to evaluate damage to sensitive eye tissue
 * 7) extremely painful for the rabbits
 * 8) who often scream when the substances are applied
 * 9) and sometimes break there necks or backs trying to escape
 * 10) lethal dosage tests are used to determine the amount of a substance that will kill a predetermined ratio of animals
 * 11) animal testing is inherently inaccurate
 * 12) ld tests results can be affected by:
 * 13) sex
 * 14) age
 * 15) housing
 * 16) nutritional conditions
 * 17) how the compound is administered
 * 18) non animal testing methods are less expensive
 * 19) regularity agencies do not require animal testing of cosmetics
 * 20) test results cannot be extrapolated from a mouse to a rat