Tell Shiseido To Stop Testing Cosmetics On Animals

Shiseido Cosmetics—the largest cosmetics manufacturer in Japan—continues to test on animals even though more sophisticated non-animal methods now exist.

In product testing on animals, rats, mice, guinea pigs, rabbits, and other animals are forced to swallow or inhale massive quantities of a test substance or endure the pain of having a chemical eat away at their sensitive eyes and skin––even though the results of animal tests are often not applicable to humans.

In eye- and skin-irritation tests, rabbits are often immobilized in full-body restraints while a substance is dripped or smeared into their eyes or onto their shaved skin over the course of days or even weeks. Rabbits can suffer swollen eyelids, irritated and cloudy eyes, and inflamed skin, and if they suffer irreversible corrosive damage, they may endure ulcers, bleeding, bloody scabs, or blindness.

Some experimenters also use the lethal-dose test, forcing substances such as oven cleaner or nail polish down animals' throats, pumping them into their stomachs through a tube, or injecting them into their bodies until a percentage of the animals die.

Please contact this cosmetics giant and politely encourage it to end all tests on animals immediately for all its products worldwide. By taking less than a minute of your time to contact Shiseido Cosmetics, you can help end the suffering that animals endure when used in unnecessary tests.

Source: PETA Asia-Pacific

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Soodle Billy Co.Dublin, Ireland @ 12:43AM PT Oct 18
Pledge fulfilled Oct 18, 2009!

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Susanne Tyler Kiel, Germany @ 05:52AM PT Oct 16

On the one hand Japan seems to be so advanced, but when it comes down to protecting animals, they really don´t care at all! Still doing whale killing, taking so called "natural medicine" in form of dry extinct animal "organs" to make them more powerful & of course still the overly cruel animal testing, although there´s NO NEED for it any longer as we all know!I have stopped buying animal testing cosmetics a long time ago & scientific testing even proofs, that cosmetics with all natural ingredients are much more effective for the skin!
c o'shaughnessy @ 05:03AM PT Oct 16

Always check the back of product labels to see if they indeed conduct these horrible and testings.

There are many proucts out there that are animal friendly and we need to purchase ONLY them!
rebecca romoshan @ 04:16AM PT Oct 16

I will NEVER EVER buy anything from our company.....you inflict pain and suffering for BEAUTY??? HA! I myself have given up wearing makeup altogether, unless it is CRUELTY-FREE- such as REVLON !

How can you live with yourselves, and sleep at night ?
Joycey Berry Canton, NC @ 05:57AM PT Oct 15

Thank you for making the pledge "Tell Shiseido To Stop Testing Cosmetics On Animals"

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Please click the link below to urge Shiseido Cosmetics to stop using animals—as hundreds of companies already have—and switch to more effective non-animal testing methods.

http://action.petaasiapacific.com/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.id=110&ea.campaign.id=4415
Alisha Nickols Stockton, CA @ 01:19PM PT Oct 14
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carly provan @ 12:12AM PT Oct 14

This is absoutly barbaric! Testing on animals has to stop!
Jennifer Hall Greeneville, TN @ 06:58PM PT Oct 13

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brigitte faur @ 01:11PM PT Oct 13

je n'utilise que des produits non testés comme LUSH et j'adore !! utiliser les animaux est indigne d'une grande marque :(
neslihan gedik @ 10:45AM PT Oct 13

this is a crime. stop it NOW