Beauty secrets revealed

Testing cosmetics on animals was the beauty industries longest, and best kept secret. According to the Lush website, in the 80s and 90s public awareness grew, particularly in Europe where massive protests occurred, in which people turned to the government and demanded the implementation of laws that would protect animals from vanity products. In 1993, legislation was written to completely ban the testing of cosmetics on animals. However, with the constant delays produced by lobby groups in support of the companies, in 2013 the legislation that was drawn up 20 years ago is still not in effect. There is no written law stopping these cosmetic companies bringing permanent harm, or death to these innocent animals. The only level of authority these companies have to refer to is administered by the The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which “urges cosmetic manufacturers to conduct whatever tests are appropriate to establish that their cosmetics are safe but does not specifically mandate animal testing for cosmetic safety". Such a statement as this exemplifies the lack of compassion in the people that hold the most power, as well as displays a perfect example of how people may search for loop holes in the structure of a written order i.e. how they leave the decision and justification of what is necessary to the researchers, rather than outlining specific regulations of what should/needs to be tested. I believe that both legal organizations (such as the FDA, and Government officials), and large cosmetic companies are just as guilty as one another. For the FDA and government officials are ultimately above cosmetic parties, and have the power to ban animal testing permanently, but instead appear to beat around the bush, build barriers during the progression to a permanent ban, or give vague descriptions of their point of view. Ultimately, leaving cosmetic companies practically untouched by law, and allowing them to commit acts that outside of the laboratory, would have them arrested.

                               They endure tests for products they will never have any use for