Animal Product Testing

[dinochick]

I did not know about all the horrible things that companies do in order to test their products - using animals in order to test the adverse affects of their products. I just thought that some of you might be interested in a list of companies that do test their products on animals. I have many of these companies’ products in my house, but I will no longer be buying anything from them. Please help in this movement and do the same. If enough people stop supporting them maybe they will get the message that what they are doing is wrong.

 

What do you all think of this issue. Do you think that animal testing is ok, or that is is wrong? Why?

 

I know that PETA can be out there sometimes, but here is the URL to a list of animal safe products for those of you who are interested (http://www.caringconsumer.com/page/CompaniesDont.pdf) See below for the companies that DO tested on animals:

 

Arm & Hammer

 

Bic Corporation

 

Boyle-Midway (Reckitt Benckiser)

 

Braun (Gillette Company)

 

Chesebrough-Ponds (Fabergé, Ponds, Vaseline)

 

Church & Dwight (Arm & Hammer, Arrid, Brillo, Lady’s Choice, Nair, Pearl Drops)

 

Clairol (Aussie, Daily Defense, Herbal Essences, Infusium 23, Procter & Gamble)

 

Clorox (ArmorAll, Brita, Formula 409, Fresh Step, Glad, Liquid Plumber,

 

Pine-Sol, Soft Scrub, S.O.S., Tilex)

 

Colgate-Palmolive Co. (Ajax, Fab, Hills Pet Nutrition, Mennen, Palmolive, SoftSoap, Speed Stick)

 

Coty (Adidas, Davidoff, Glow, The Healing Garden, JOOP!, Jovan, Kenneth

 

Cole, Lancaster, Marc Jacob, Rimmel, Stetson)

 

Cover Girl (Procter & Gamble)

 

Del Laboratories (CornSilk, LaCross, Naturistics, New York Color, Sally Hansen)

 

Dial Corporation (Purex, Renuzit)

 

Drackett Products Co. (S.C. Johnson & Son)

 

Erno Laszlo

 

Gillette Co. (Braun, Duracell)

 

Helene Curtis Industries (Finesse, Salon Selectives, Thermasilk, Unilever)

 

Johnson & Johnson (Aveeno, Clean & Clear, Neutrogena, ROC)

 

Kimberly-Clark Corp. (Cottonelle, Huggies, Kleenex, Kotex, Pull-Ups, Scott Paper)

 

Lever Bros. (Unilever)

 

L’Oréal U.S.A.(Biotherm, Cacharel, Garnier, Giorgio Armani, Helena

 

Rubinstein, Lancôme, Matrix Essentials, Maybelline, Ralph Lauren

 

Fragrances, Redken, Soft Sheen, Vichy)

 

Max Factor (Procter & Gamble)

 

Mead

 

Melaleuca

 

Mennen Co. (Colgate-Palmolive)

 

Neoteric Cosmetics

 

New Dana Perfumes

 

Noxell (Procter & Gamble)

 

Olay Co./Oil of Olay (Procter & Gamble)

 

Oral-B (Gillette Company)

 

Pantene (Procter & Gamble)

 

Pfizer (BenGay, Desitin, Listerine, Lubriderm, Plax, Visine)

 

Physique (Procter & Gamble)

 

Playtex Products (Baby Magic, Banana Boat, Ogilvie)

 

Procter & Gamble Co. (Clairol, Cover Girl, Crest, Giorgio, Iams, Max Factor,Physique, Tide)

 

Reckitt Benckiser (Easy Off, Lysol, Mop & Glo, Old English, Resolve, Spray ’N Wash, Woolite, Veet)

 

Richardson-Vicks (Procter & Gamble)

 

Sally Hansen (Del Laboratories)

 

Schering-Plough (Bain de Soleil, Coppertone, Dr. Scholl’s)

 

Schick

 

S.C. Johnson (Drano, Edge, Fantastik, Glade, OFF!, Oust, Pledge, Scrubbing

 

Bubbles, Shout, Skintimate, Windex, Ziploc)

 

SoftSoap Enterprises (Colgate-Palmolive)

 

Suave (Unilever)

 

3M (Post-It, Scotch)

 

Unilever (Axe, Calvin Klein, Dove, Helene Curtis, Lever Bros., Mentadent,Suave)

 

Information from http://www.caringconsumer.com/page/CompaniesDo.pdf

[the_mask]

Being on the light side of the force, I agree, that it's a shame that companies test their products on animals. Like a comedian once said: "I knew that a dog with lipstick looks ludicrous beforehand".

The problem is, finding companies that really don't do that. I mean almost every company is somehow an "offspring" of a larger one, which is controlled by another one and so on

If you look long enough I'm sure that even a company like Microsoft is involved in animal testing.

It's a horror to see these pictures of mistreated animals and to know that this is real and not just the outcome of a sick special effect, but I don't know if we can really do anything about it

[Guest Scathane]

Principally against animal testing... But I do feel that we should be conscious of the fact that product prices will rise if such testing is not done.

[the_mask]

An alternative would be desperately needed, like a database with the effects, that certain chemicals have on tissue, skin, ...

But that were possible already I think at least some companies would do it