Why do so many people who, as I do, accept the case for animal testing, because it can play a vital part in research leading to cures for some very nasty & distressing human diseases, draw the line at testing cosmetics on animals?
Unless you take the line that vain silly women (men too, if it comes to that) deserve anything they get, just as smokers do, then cosmetics should be tested. Although we no longer (I hope) use substances such as arsenic, strychnine or lead for the purpose of beautification, there is no way of knowing what harm some new chemical, or an old one used in novel ways, might cause when applied to the skin, especially in such delicate areas as lips, eyes & vulva.
And just where do you draw the line between cosmetic & pharmaceutical when it comes to things such as dandruff shampoo & rough skin cream, or sun screening lotions? And where do baby products fit in to this scheme?
