In the contemporary world of fierce competition companies are trying to increase their sales by all means. Most of the time, companies are not much concerned about the ethics of their choice of product development and product testing. Nearly all producers of cosmetics openly violate certain ethical ideas and standards, including the conduct of chemical tests on animals. Every year millions of animals suffer and even die, as a result of such unsuccessful experiments. It is my belief that a great number of cosmetics companies have an ability to minimize the exercise of animal testing and find alternative ways of ensuring their products to be safe for human beings. Imagine being locked in the cage of the laboratory for weeks, have deadly chemicals being pumped into your blood, experiencing pain and fear, and finally die a useless and absurd death. In my essay, I will try to convince the audience that testing of cosmetics on animals leads to worthless deaths of friendly and harmless creatures, while alternative ways of experimenting chemicals do exist and can substitute animal testing easily. The goal of my paper is to inform the reader about the basis of testing cosmetics on animals, indentify its negative consequences, and state the alternative ways of testing the chemicals in question.

“Every year, cosmetics companies kill millions of animals to test their products” (Cosmetic Testing Facts, 2009). Supposedly, such tests are establishing safety and harmlessness of the ingredients used in the production of cosmetics. The experiments examine different effects of the drug or chemical on the animal, including toxicity, skin irritation, and eye tissue damage. Moreover, sometimes animals are intentionally given a disease to test if a new drug or chemical will be. The procedure is so painful that rabbits often break their necks and backs in an attempt to escape. Lethal Dosage test is used to identify the amount of matter that will kill a certain number of animals. Basically, the creatures are poisoned through various means, including inhalations, injections, and digestions.

However, it was proven that testing cosmetic chemicals on animals does not secure human beings from the hazards of the given substance, but rather measure its negative impact on the given species of animals. There is sound evidence that test results retrieved from an experiment conducted on rats cannot be applied to human beings under any circumstances. In addition, the test outcomes may be influenced by the animal’s sex, age, nutrition, and other unique characteristics. It is important to realize that animals that are being examined sustain horrible damages of their organs, tissues, and eyes.