Animal Testing - Gabby Canzoniero

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Over 100 million animals are tested for beauty products every year. From shampoo to face soap to body wash, many companies test on animals like mice and gerbils to make sure their products are safe for human skin and hair.

This topic is heavily debated, considering the ethics of this treatment of animals. Due to the increasing protesting against animal testing, the EPA has started to drastically decrease the amount of animal testing. Their goal is to decrease the amount of testing "30 percent by 2025". They then hope to get rid of mammal testing completely by the year 2035.

To cover the costs of stopping animal testing and using more ethical methods, the EPA is giving $4.25 million towards projects that are finding ways to make sure products are safe for human use- without testing the products on animals.

Some of these ways of testing products without using animals as test subjects are using new scientific methods. This can be done because of the multitude of technological advancements our society has made over the past years. These new scientific methods still determine whether or not products are safe for humans to use without experimenting on animals to find out if the products are safe.

This is a very tricky topic, though, because testing on animals is a sure-fire way to find out whether or not products are safe for human consumption. Additionally, "Cells in a petri dish cannot yet replace whole living systems", which can lead to problems in the testing of products.

All in all, this topic is heavily debated, but new decisions by the EPA will greatly change the conversation.

Comments

  1. AnonymousOctober 10, 2019 at 6:08 AM

    That's a lot of money to stop it

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  2. AnonymousOctober 10, 2019 at 6:26 AM

    That is horrible. Testing on animals for the sake of beauty products is ridiculous. Luckily, with technology improving there is no excuse why we should continue to do this. Great article!

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  3. DanielleOctober 11, 2019 at 7:47 AM

    I'm interested to see how this actually turns out in the future!

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  4. AnonymousOctober 17, 2019 at 6:42 AM

    I read about this. If animal testing isn't necessary, then it's cool that they're making an effort to stop it. I wonder if they'll be able to follow through.

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  5. AnonymousOctober 21, 2019 at 11:00 AM

    Animal testing is unnecessarily cruel, as often labs that test on animals use harsh, starkly artificial lighting and small, restrictive cages. I'm surprised the EPA put so much money towards halting such testing, especially considering the general trend of the current administration. Hopefully this money actually helps prevent further testing and experimentation, as just being allotted the money is not enough!

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