Colombia Next Up To Ban Cosmetics Animal Testing

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Colombia is set to become the 41st country across the globe to enact a ban on cosmetics testing on animals. The ban will come into effect in 2024 and will effectively ban testing of cosmetics on animals regardless of whether they were imported or manufactured in Colombia. The bill will also affect surrounding areas including Mexico, Chile, and Peru.

The world is slowly coming around to the horrors of cosmetics testing on animals. It seems that every couple of months, another country is announcing a ban on cosmetics animal testing indicating that cosmetics testing on animals is on the way out.  In terms of Colombia, all 14 political parties, The Government of Colombia, and the National Association of Businessmen all voted in favour of the ban making it a unanimous vote. The only unfortunate aspect of this ban is that it is going to take another 3 years to enact into law, likely to accommodate these testing facilities in phasing out animals. 

Animal testing for cosmetics is one of the most exploitative industries on our planet. Cosmetics are not a necessity by any means and putting animals through repeated tests is to determine a products long term safety is completely immoral. Animals are subjected to regular skin irritation tests as well as allowing products to drip into their eyes, mouth, and ears which can cause negative effects for the animals. Animals in cosmetics testing facilities suffer mentally of course, but the physical suffering is what makes animal testing for cosmetics so despicable. Animals with untreated skin lesions, cracked and bleeding skin, and painful sores are a regular occurrence in this industry. Animals are restrained and products are forced down their throats to test long term poisonous effects which can cause both physical and mental stress for animals subjected to these tests.

Look, one might be able to hold an argument about the necessity of testing life saving medicine on animals although I personally disagree with animal testing all around, but there is no argument for the necessity of cosmetics testing. Novelty products should come with their own risks should we decide we want to purchase / use them. We are literally abusing animals to determine if a lotion is safe for our skin. Think about it, what the hell are we putting in this stuff that we're concerned about its long term effects and if we are so concerned about what these products will do to us, perhaps we should refrain from even using them. It's a despicable industry that tortures animals their entire lives until they are disposed of like trash.

I'm confident we will continue to see more countries enacting a cosmetics animal testing ban. The world is waking up to the exploitation of animals and animal testing is on the way out, I can feel it.

HAPPY VEG