I need help please Someone help me I have asked this question 5 times and no answers?

Question

I am doing a debate for class and my topic is cosmetic animal testing, like shampoo, make up, and other stuff like that. And instead of focusing on the product I'm focusing on the chemicals but I don't know the dangerous chemicals in the products. And if there is any other information you can give me for my debate I would appreciate it. And if your wondering why this is in family it's because this is one of the most popular catagories

Answer 1

simply grab your bottle of shampoo and look at the ingredients on it, then google each ingredient.  the same for each other product you are thinking of discussing in your debate.

also check out sites like http://www.peta.org/ for more useful information.

in the same manner you posted your question on here, you can research your topic online.  

best of luck.

Answer 2

i feel bad that no one answered u so i just wanted to wish u luck on ur quest for answers!...i have no clue what that paragraph u rote meant but im sure sum1 will.

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Answer 3

I suggest you check out www.thebeautybrains.com. They go over a lot of ingredients in beauty/personal care products. Often, they link to other websites which may also help you.

Outside of that, I can't be of much help, as I don't know a whole lot about specific ingredients. Good luck!

Answer 4

I would advise you to go on line and find the reliable sites to get the correct information . Google it, that is your best bet, or go to the library and do some research.  Good luck

Answer 5

Whole Body, Short-term Toxicity

Traditionally assessed using the LD50 test (which was developed back in 1927!), where groups of animals are dosed with different amounts of a test substance in order to determine the dose which kills half of the animals. In these tests, animals are often force-fed the substance. The LD50 test sometimes uses massive doses, completely unrelated to possible exposure levels. Other tests are available which use fewer animals with lower doses, so there is no reason why the outdated and discredited LD50 test continues.

Skin Penetration

Used to determine the extent to which cosmetic ingredients might penetrate the skin (which is important in determining whether they may enter the bloodstream and be carried to parts of the body causing toxic effects). There is up to a five-fold difference in skin absorption rates between different animal species and humans.

Skin Irritancy

Rabbits and guinea pigs are usually used for skin irritancy testing, with product being applied to shaved - and occasionally abraded - skin areas. Redness, ulcers, rashes or swelling may occur. The species used lack the varied human repertoire of responses, partly due to a difference in the distribution of fine blood vessels. Their skin reacts to a limited degree and does not distinguish between very mild and moderate irritation. Comparative tests have shown considerable variability in irritancy response between the different species. For example, with an anti-dandruff shampoo irritancy ranged from severe in rabbits to almost non-irritant in baboons.

Eye irritancy

In the Draize eye test, substances are dropped into the eyes of albino rabbits. The animals are often immobilised for this test, for example by the use of stocks. Although it has been in use for over four decades, the predictions of the Draize test do not correlate well with human experience. For example, when 281 cases of accidental splashing of household products into people's eyes were compared with Draize rabbit eye test predictions for the same products there were differences between human and rabbit responses of up to 250-fold. The Draize test grossly exaggerates irritant effects, and accurately predicts human responses less than 50% of the time.

Skin Sensitisation

Guinea pigs are used in these tests which measure the likelihood of a substance causing allergy with repeated application. There are about 15 different tests, most of which require 20-40 animals. The methods vary greatly in choice of dose and frequency of application, the solutions used for injecting, the way readings are taken and in interpretation - making comparison between the animal tests themselves difficult. Because exaggerated doses are often used, the tests over-estimate sensitisation. On the other hand, the tests sometimes fail to detect substances which have subsequently proved to be human sensitisers.

Phototoxicity & Photosensitisation

These are skin reactions to chemicals brought on by exposure to the light. Guinea pigs, minipigs, hairless mice, rats and rabbits are generally used in tests for phototoxicity, but the skin responses often seem quantitatively and qualitatively quite different from the comparable responses in human skin. These animal tests have not been validated to international standards.

Mutagenicity

The EU's Scientific Committee on Cosmetology (SCC) accepts non-animal screening for mutagenicity. However, additional short-term animal tests are still sometimes conducted in an attempt to assess the relevance of the in vitro data to the human situation - even though the standard animal tests are of limited relevance to cosmetics toxicology.

Carcinogenicity

Standard carcinogenicity tests are conducted with rats and mice, not because they predict human responses most reliably but because their lifespan is short, they are small, relatively cheap and easily handled. However, the value of animal carcinogenicity tests is severely limited by problems of species variation, unrealistic doses, high costs and long duration. An analysis of animal tests for 19 known human carcinogens revealed that they yielded the correct results in only 37% of cases - tossing a coin would have been more accurate!

Reproductive Toxicity

Substances which do not penetrate the skin and are unlikely to be consumed orally in significant amounts generally do not need to be tested for reproductive toxicity - according to the Scientific Committee on Cosmetology. A positive result in teratogenicity or embryotoxicity would lead to rejection of a potential cosmetic ingredient, in which case reproductive toxicity testing would not be required.

Teratogenicity

These tests are expensive, labour-intensive and time-consuming and are not always reliable in predicting human effects. For example, thalidomide causes birth defects in humans at a dose of 0.5 milligrams per kilogram of body weight, and in rabbits at 30 mg/kg. Aspirin causes malformations in rats, mice, guin

Answer 6

i did a whole report on this and i suggest you focus more on the horrible procedures that they put the animals through

Answer 7

i would take all of my products and look up each ingredient at a time online. then, find out what kind of reactions ppl have had. then find out if animals will expereince the same reactions. allergy, hives, rash...and so on.. good luck!

Answer 8

I would also include a visit to peta.com website.  Not sure if you've ever heard of them but they are the premier site for the protection and ethical treatment of animals.  Lots and lots of footage, and very disturbing.  But it can add value to your debate.

Maybe through this debate you can raise some more interest in the testing of animals.

Good luck.

Answer 9

I would go to the store, look at some shampoos and write down the ingredients.  Then I would go search the internet to see what the chemicals are and their reactions.  Then you can write down your pros and cons for the debate.  Takes a little work but then you will know your topic very well.

Answer 10

tobbaco is in 90% of all shampoo

Answer 11

Yeah...well...that's why you're not getting any answers.  Plus you're asking a rather tough question where people in this category aren't willing or have the knowledge to help you out.  Try searching the internet for this stuff too.  That's the help you're getting from me.

Answer 12

Well i dont really know any chemicals in those products or any other information but maybe you could google it just a suggestion...?

Answer 13

The medical benefits of animal research are a good starting point for the public debate about the use of animals in research and testing. RDS is the UK organisation which represents doctors and scientists in this debate. The information in RDS Net is based on very thorough research and understanding of the facts, historical and scientific. In this debate there are many single issue pressure groups seeking to abolish animal research completely and immediately. But it would be extremely difficult to develop new medical treatments and cures without the use of animals. So animal research must continue if we are to solve serious medical problems like cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer's disease, AIDS, cystic fibrosis, multiple sclerosis, and malaria.

Not all medical research needs to use live animals - useful results are also obtained by using computers, studying cells and tissues, and some studies that are done on patients and human populations. RDS Net puts the research processes in context, to explain when animals need to be used.

RDS believes that research using animals should be well regulated, conducted humanely and only when there is no alternative. We work with welfare groups and government to promote good practice in laboratory animal welfare and the development of non-animal replacement methods.

There are many examples of the current and historical use of animals in research, and the resulting medical benefits, at AnimalResearch.info

HEY I HOPE THIS HELPS

Answer 14

good luck with this one...  

Answer 15

Just look at the ingredients listed on the back of the bottle and start google-ing them, what they are, the side effects, etc. It's a start!

Answer 16

I am very against testing products on animals!  

Um...about the ingredients...maybe you should go and talk to someone who is more educated about these things.  Or ask for the advice of people who use products that are similar with the ones you're debating on.

Try talking or writing a business letter to local veterinarians (animal hospitals),  pharmacies, salons and pet feed stores.  You can also write to makeup companies and ask for their opinion on this topic.  I'm sure they'll be more than happy to answer your questions.

I know one makeup company that carry vegan products...Urban Decay...check them out.

Answer 17

Okay.

Don't put it in the wrong category, please.

There aren't any harmful chemicals in the products they test on animals. That's why they TEST them. It's in the making of the product that they find out what causes bad reactions and they leave those out when they send it to humans.

Instead of focusing on the product, focus on what the effects are on the animals, how many have died, how many have caught diseases, and the general harm done to them. Don't forget to list the companies that do this.

Answer 18

When a product goes to market there aren't any hazardous chemicals in the product based on the best information we have at that time.  If we didn't test on animals there would be hazardous chemicals in our beauty products or the testing would be done on humans, which is unethical.

Answer 19

check out  the peta website, they might have some information about it. just go to the link, there's info on animal testing.