My Proposal: Animal Testing

Places That Still Test on Animals:
Almay
Aveda
Avon
Axe
Bobbi Brown
Bounty
Bumble and Bumble
Clear Choice
Clinique
Clorox
Coppertone
Cover Girl
Crest
Dawn
Donna Karan
Dove
Estee Lauder
Fendi
Garnier
Giorgio Armani
Glade
Glass Plus
Good Skin
Herbal Essences
Ivory
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson Products Co.
Kaboom
Kleenex
Lady’s Choice
Lancaster
Lancome
Lipton
Listerine
L’Oreal USA
Lysol
MAC Cosmetics
Mars (candy company)
Mary Kay
Maybelline
Michael Kors
Nair
Naturelle
Neutrogena
Neutron Industries, Inc.
Oscar de la Renta
Pantene
Pearl Drops
Pine-Sol
Plax
Playtex Corporation
Pledge
Ponds
Post-It
Raid
Ralph Lauren Fragrances
Revlon
Sally Beauty Supply
Sally Hansen
Scotch
Sensodyne
Smashbox Cosmetics
Splenda
Suave
Tide
Tom Ford Beauty
Tommy Hilfiger
TRESemme
Trojan
Trivia

These major companies to this day still test on animals.

EXAMPLE:

http://animal-testing.procon.org

FACTS:

95% of animals used in experiments are not protected by the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA), which excludes birds, rats and mice bred for research, and cold-blooded animals such as reptiles and most fish.

A 2011 poll of nearly 1,000 biomedical scientists conducted by the science journal Nature found that more than 90% “agreed that the use of animals in research is essential.

Chimpanzees share 99% of their DNA with humans, and mice are 98% genetically similar to humans. The United States and Gabon are the only two countries that allow experimentation on chimpanzees

n 2010, Minnesota used more cats for testing than any other state (2,703), New Jersey used the most dogs (6,077), and Massachusetts used the most primates (7,458)

In 1997, researchers Joseph and Charles Vacanti grew a human “ear” seeded from implanted cow cartilage cells on the back of a living mouse to explore the possibility of fabricating body parts for plastic and reconstructive surgery.

IDEAS:
one idea is to do a informational graphic of the differences of using animals for testing products and not using them and the effects of that.
another idea is to do the statistics to show the negative effects and the death rates and other leading facts of these animals.