Animal testing - Wilkinson razors

[Pob]

Any new chemical for industrial or cosmetic use is tested on animals. So any company producing new "magical" ingredients is testing them on animals. And most of the big companies test the finished product, too - often abroad to get around the cosmetic testing ban.

Do co-op do an own brand razor? They don't test products or ingredients and have a fixed cut off date.

Animal Aid sell some razor blades here - not cheap though: http://www.animalaidshop.org.uk/household.htm
Lots of other good stuff on there too.

[Salu]

Apart from goats, I can't really think of any animal that would be worth them testing razors on..... ??

[PeteTheMusicGuy]

Maybe Sheep I'm not sure

[Stuart W]

Originally Posted by Pob

Any new chemical for industrial or cosmetic use is tested on animals. So any company producing new "magical" ingredients is testing them on animals. And most of the big companies test the finished product, too - often abroad to get around the cosmetic testing ban.

What utter nonsense.

We really don't need to test every chemical we produce on animals for some simple reasons.
We don't need to test industrial cleaning products on animals because they are designed to be corrosive and harmful.
We don't need to test any chemicals for which we have suitable simulation software.

It's considerably cheaper to run tests on computer simulations than to have a lab full of MANY animals to get the same results.


I get the impression that a lot of people think testing on animals is as simple as spraying hairspray in a cute bunny's eyes and watching what happens... bunny goes blind = bad, bunny is fine = good.
IF we were stupid enough to test like that, we'd need to be spraying bunny's, monkeys, pigs, mice and dogs just to get an idea of the effect on a human. All of which would be non-conclusive until after autopsy's were done on each animal, not to mention how many of each animal would be needed to be able to cross reference allergies.

[Pob]

The vast majority of testing is still on animals.

And the big companies that produce household products and cosmetics do commission tests on animals. Companies research and create new ingredients to differentiate their products from the competition and these ingredients are getting tested on animals by or on behalf of those companies.

Testing of cosmetics and cosmetic ingredients on animals didn't stop with the ban on cosmetic testing in the UK.