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This blog is about raising awareness for animal testing. No animal should be harmed, hurt or killed for cosmetics. We want the government to introduce a law which will ban testing on animals.
TYPE OF TEST
| ANIMALS USED | WHAT THE ANIMALS ENDURE | PURPOSE OF TEST |
Skin sensitization | 32 guinea pigs or 16 mice | The test substance is applied to the surface of the skin or injected under the skin of a guinea pig, or applied to the ear of a mouse. Her skin may show signs of redness, ulcers, scaling, inflammation, and itchiness. | Tests for allergic reaction on skin. |
Skin irritation/ corrosion | 1-3 rabbits | The test substance is applied to the shaved skin of a rabbit. His skin may show signs of redness, rash, lesions, scaling, inflammation, and/or other signs of damage. | Tests for skin irritation (reversible skin damage) and skin corrosion (severe and irreversible skin damage). |
Eye irritation/ corrosion | 1-3 rabbits | The test substance is applied to a rabbit’s eye(s). His eye(s) may show signs of redness, bleeding, ulcers, blindness, and/or other signs of damage | Tests for eye irritation (reversible eye damage) and eye corrosion (severe and irreversible eye damage). |