Mexico Bans Cosmetics Testing On Animals

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Mexico will become the first country in North America to take a stand for animals by banning cosmetics testing on animals. The ban which is set to become law in 2 years, will ban cosmetics testing on animals within the country while also banning the sale, import, and marketing of products from around the world that were tested on animals. This is a monumental step in the right direction for animal welfare; one that will hopefully inspire both Canada & the United States to enact similar bans.

While one can argue in defense of testing life-saving medications on animals, one cannot argue in defense of testing cosmetics. Animals within the cosmetics testing industry are subjected to repeated irritation tests that can cause them a great deal of pain on top of the emotional and mental turmoil they experience. These repeated tests look for reactions / irritations from products by applying them to animals repeatedly. Animals have products rubbed on skin, applied to their eyes, or even orally to determine toxicity levels when consumed.  

These repeated tests can cause so much irritation for animals. Skin lesions, rashes, infections, all of which are painful for animals. Couple this with the emotional turmoil these poor animals endure and it couldn't be more clear how unnecessarily cruel the cosmetics testing industry is.

Animals within the cosmetics testing industry are discarded like trash when their usefulness runs dry. The very same animals who endured weeks or months of repeated tests are euthanized to make way for new, healthy animals to test on. This cycle of needless cruelty for the cosmetics industry is despicable and wholly unnecessary. Cosmetics are novelty products, they're not life-saving medications. I think when it comes to cosmetics, humans should be the ones we're doing these tests on. If we want the damned cosmetics so bad, we should be using them at our own risk. To think that we've forced animals for decades to sit in cages until they're poked, prodded, or smeared with the newest product is embarrassing.

We need cosmetics testing banne don a global scale. It's 2021 guys, we know better than this. Stop exploiting animals for makeup, it's gross and absolutely unnecessary. Congratulations Mexico, thanks for leading North America in the ban on cosmetics testing. :)

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