To explain why people have different views on cosmetic testing on animals? Why is it banned in the EU

Why people have different views on cosmetic testing on animals:

Animal testing is a phrase that you have heard but maybe you are still unsure of exactly what it actually means. Whether you want call it animal testing, animal experimentation or animal research, it is all the same thing it is the experimentation carried out on animals. It is used to assess the safety and effectiveness of everything from medication to cosmetics, as well as understanding how the human body works.

Some people might say do not test on animals because it is harmful to the animal and it might actually hurt them. Would you like it done to you and the simple answer is no. No-one wants to be tested on and if it did happen it would be against their human rights. Animals do not have rights. So it is an open field on what they can do.

In the 60’s there was a test done on dogs to see the effects of smoking, and the results where shocking. They found out the smoking can lead to cancers , if this did not happen think how many people would be smoking which effects the a whole lot of things such as premature babies, asthma and pollution.

Cosmetics are a product applied to the body, especially the face to improve or change appearance.

The fact of the matter is people like to look nice and smell nice correct me if I’m wrong. I

Medicines are tested on animals before for they are tested on humans for our own safety.

My view on animal testing should be clear by now, if I’m safe and other humans are safe I’m okay. Its a dog eat dog world and I’m not getting eaten survival of the fittest.

Why is it banned in the EU

A Europe wide ban on the use of animals to test cosmetic products has been approved with an overwhelming majority by the European Parliament.It took 10 years of argument, but under the final compromise agreed the European Union will bring in the ban by 2009. Under the exemptions, when products need to be checked for their toxicity or their effect on fertility, animal testing will be allowed to continue until 2013. The cosmetics industry believes that it has been hard done by.It insists that animal testing is by far the best way to test for cancer- and allergy-causing chemicals.