Pet Nail Polish... tested on... animals?!

[Peanut]

Then let me humble myself and ask just what is so difficult with testing animal products on animals. Fairly rational to me, it is about as self-explanatory as an argument can get. The alternative is you paint his claws with untested, unapproved, potentially lethal substances.

The greater good...*hopes people realizes that this is a reference to something and not an actual excuse for animal testing...*

[Fish and Chips]

I have. Still does not address the argument. At some stage, there must be animal testing for that kind of thing, and if it's not in the laboratories then its by the consumers, who are far less forgiving if the latest fad guaranteed safe by a computer ends up being intoxicating or lethal anyway.

Though ultimately the point is moot because animal cosmetics are incredibly stupid.

The greater good...*hopes people realizes that this is a reference to something and not an actual excuse for animal testing...*

THE GREATER GOOD.

[USSRGirl]

Though ultimately the point is moot because animal cosmetics are incredibly stupid.

>.>;; Holy Thomas Crapper... why do I even try here? Okaaay... I am going to go read Sun Tzu and go to bed...

[Fish and Chips]

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You try?

[Tsukuyomi]

I think she meant human cosmetics tested on animals o.o Not the other way around ^__^;

[RobinSena]

Just as real men wear pink \o.o/

(Yes, I know.. off topic)

Hmm.. Will red and purple do?

[Tsukuyomi]

Haha, that's cool ^^

[Warrior4Christ]

Meds are a different story - I would not object to medication tested on animals as I've dealt with donor cats that they pump new meds into before. I'd like to see this eventually changed to straight computer testing, for both accuracy and humane treatment (it's not nearly so expensive or unreachable as it used to be and becoming more common place in companies nowadays). Cosmetics of any kind on the other hand...

Simply put, if a frivolous product like nail polish, whether for pets or people, needs to be animal tested it probably shouldn't be on the market period. Your vanity, your risk. Painting a nail isn't worth constant torture of a living creature. The irony is that there is so little FDA regulation on animal-tested human cosmetics, half the stuff like nanotech is not even tested and the amount of carcinogens in the average tube of lipstick is far from healthy so I'd have to doubt that animal tested products have human health to fall back on. It's all about cheap beauty and big corporations. (Another interesting point to note is that animal testing of cosmetics did not become norm until the mid-60's to 70's. Lab testing never included live subjects and cosmetics were a lot more pure back then. The only reason animal testing is big now is due to all the toxic chemicals used to make hair smoother, lips glossier, ect. and larger industry.)

One shouldn't put their complete trust in a computer simulation. It's a MODEL and an APPROXIMATION to real life. Sure, test first to see if it works in a computer simulation. Then test it in real life to see that it actually works.