1000 Flowers for the Planet - #297 Buy Products Not Tested on Animals

1000 Flowers for the Planet - #297 Buy Products Not Tested on Animals

Would you use a product if you knew it was tested on animals? Is it okay to ‘use’ rabbits, dogs, cats, mice and other animals by burning them, poisoning them, putting them through pain and even killing them? If you don’t think that’s okay, then take a hard look at the brands you use and demand change by NOT purchasing products made by companies that allow testing on animals. And there’s another catch: some companies don’t actually do the testing on animals themselves, BUT they sell to countries that have laws requiring the product to be tested on animals before they can be sold in that country. This is really using a loophole! Fortunately the European Union has banned the importation and sale of any products tested on animals. The rest of the world needs to follow suit. Surely we have become clever enough by now to work out other ways of testing products. Or maybe humans shouldn’t use the products anyway. Maybe we need to question what we put on our faces, our skin or in our stomachs.

Animals Australia has worded it far more eloquently than I have, so take a read at http://www.animalsaustralia.org/features/animal-testing-list.php

But for those of you who can’t be bothered doing a little more research: 1) You can download an app which gives you a list of companies that test on animals, and use it when shopping to know what products to avoid. 2) Here’s a list (not exhaustive) for you to look through and think about. This list gives you the companies that use or allow animal testing and should be avoided.

COSMETIC:

Aramis
Aveeno
Avon
Band-Aid
Biotherm
Bonjela
Braun
Cashmere Bouquet
Chapstick
Clairol
Clean & Clear
Clearasil
Clinicare
Clinique
Colgate
Covergirl
Decore
Dove
Durex
Elizabeth Arden
Estee Lauder
Eulactol
Fruitrience
Garnier
Gillette
Giorgio Armani
Gucci Fragrances
Head & Shoulders
Herbal Essences
Hugo Boss
Impulse
Johnson & Johnson
Jurlique
Lacoste
Lancome
Lemsip
Listerine
L'Oreal
Lux
Lynx
MAC
Mary Kay
Max Factor
Maybelline
Mum
Nair
Neutrogena
Nice 'n Easy
Nurofen
Olay
Old Spice
Oral B
Palmolive
Pantene
Pears
Pert
Ponds
Radox
Revlon
Rexona
Savlon
Sensodyne
Shiseido
Stayfree
Steradent
Strepsils
Tampax
TREsemme
Vaseline
Veet
Vicks
Wella
Wella Balsam
Zest

HOUSEHOLD
Aeroguard
Air Wick
Ajax
Ambi-Pur
Armor All
Baygon
Bloo
Brasso
Cold Power
Comfort
Crisp
Cuddly
Dawn
Dettol
Domestos
Drano
Drive
Duck
Dynamo
Easy-Off BAM
Exit Mould
Fab
Fabulon
Fiesta
Finish
Fluffy
Freedom
Glad
Glade
Glen 20
Handy Andy
Harpic
Hurricane
Jif
Kiwi
Marveer
Mortein
Mr Muscle
Mr Sheen
Napisan
Nifti
Omo
Oust
Pea-Beau
Pine O Cleen
Pledge
Preen
Raid
Sard
Scotch-Gard
Silvo
Soft Soap
Spree
Steelo
Vanish
Windex

[source: http://www.animalsaustralia.org]