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Pakistan rejects practice of cosmetics testing on animals!

LONDON: Humans are selfish and in order to get some boons, sans giving a second thought, they could harm other living beings.

For their shameless greed, every year, poachers trade numerous animals illegally to the manufactures, which use the skins of animals for making bags and shoes. Not to mention that innumerable makeup brands use animals when it comes to testing cosmetics.

Eventually, when people apply cosmetics, they do not even testing about those innocent animals that go through excruciating pain and trauma during the process.

In such, the Pakistan Animal Welfare Rights (PAWS) is joining forces with UK brand The Body Shop for the campaign to eradicate the use of animals for makeup stuff.

The campaign has been initiated here as to urge the United Nations to take measures, embracing a global agreement to contain this dilemma.

The company has collaborated with Cruelty-Free International with the objective to gather eight million signatures internationally whereas, the target here is to reach some 250,000 signatures by August 20, 2018, to urge UN to look into this measure forthwith.

In this context, PAWS press release claims that approx 500,000 animals are affected and even slain during assessments for cosmetics purpose each annum. As a matter of fact, merely a single ingredient in a product can cause the death of 1,400 animals.

It is pertinent to mention here that animal tests are being substituted with speedy, affordable and more authentic non-animal approaches. Such novel techniques have been found to foretell human reactions better than the traditional animal tests.

Moreover, it has been scientifically proven that animal tests foresee human reactions by just 40 to 60 percent, whilst modern methods are 80 percent valid.

As per the figures, 80 percent states have been reported with having no laws against animal testing. In 2013, the European Union imposed a ban on trading the cosmetics tested on animals. Similarly, India, Israel, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, and Turkey have the similar prohibitions.

It is to be noted that products such as lotions, shampoos, mouthwash, makeup, detergents, glues, artificial sweeteners, bug sprays and cleaning supplies (to name the few) are tested on the eyes, skins and digestive systems of animals.

The so-called experts infuse the toxic chemical in their eyes to determine how long it takes to burn their corneas. Also, such creatures have been fed the lethal amount of chemicals to recognize the exact dose that triggers death. Regrettably, the animals are being killed once they are through with the experiments.

M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.