Cosmetic Testing On Animals
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Every year, millions of animals suffer and die in painful tests to
determine the safety of cosmetics. Subezces such as eye shadow and soap
are tested on rabbits, rats, guinea pigs, dogs, and other animals, despite
the fact that the test results don’t help prevent or treat human illness
or injury ....
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.... is dropped into the eyes of a group of albino rabbits. The
animals are often immobilized in stocks from which only their heads
protrude. They usually receive no anesthesia during the tests. After
placing the subezce into the rabbits eyes, lab technicians record the
damage to the eye tissue at specific intervals over an average period of
72 hours. The tests sometimes last seven to eighteen days. Reactions to
the subezces include swollen eyelids, ulceration, bleeding, swollen irises
massive d ....
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