great Britain is a pioneer country in all matters relating to the development of cosmetic products crime free. That is, it is 25 years, was one of the first countries to ban products and the ingredients they contain from being tested on animals. However, now prepare to take a step back and reactivate this type of technique in some contexts.

Actually they are not the only ones, since recently decision of the High Court in line with the rules of European Agency for Chemicals and Mixtures (ECHA). This is spoken in 2020 a series of rregulations for the registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemicals (REACH) on makeup ingredients by 2020, where companies are forced to test them on animals to ensure the health of workers.

Logically, this caused an uproar, both by the animal associations and by the cosmetic companies themselves, who did not consider such measures necessary. There is also discontent among the population, as more and more people refuse to use non-cosmetic cosmetics crime free. Therefore, the ECHA itself has already conducted a search alternative in silicon so as not to test on animals again. They have shown that there is no need, but England will go ahead with her new decision.

History of cosmetic animal testing

In 1944, toxicologist John H. Draize and Jacob M. Spines develop Drize testthe purpose of which is to verify the toxicity of a particular substance before directing it to human consumption for cosmetic or pharmaceutical purposes.

To do this, 0.5 ml or 0.5 g of the substance to be analyzed is taken, rubbed into the eyes or shaved skin of the rabbit, and left there for a certain time. After that, rinsed and checked whether there is disturbance in animals.

Over time, the test came under a lot of criticism, both for its high animal cruelty and for not being sufficiently effective. At the same time, other tests begin to take place, each one more violent than the last. from feed pregnant rats or rabbits to the substance in question and sacrifice them to see the effect on their fetuses, to the point of exposing animals to the substance and sacrifice them to see how it has been distributed through their organs.

All of this has come under more and more criticism, which is why alternatives that are free of cruelty to animals are sought (crime free).

Product boom crime free

There are an estimated 15,000 ingredients that has been tested and known safe for use in cosmetics. They may have been tested by the cruel ways of their time, but the most important thing is that there is no need to continue to test them.

Thanks to that, the product was born crime free. The UK was one of the first countries to ban animal testing, but over time they have joined European Union, Mexico, Colombia, Norway and Israel, among others.

For a while there were problems with countries like China, because they require that every product marketed there must first be tested on animals. This means that many European brands cannot be considered crime free, because to sell in China, they agreed to do this test. Fortunately, this requirement no longer exists in Asian countries, so most European brands do not carry out animal testing.

But after this another problem arose. Many labs want to test new materials, beyond that list of 15,000. For this reason, the European Union itself, through the ECHA, agreed to retest some of the ingredients on animals. This produces a big stirwhich got a quick response, as ECHA itself started studying very interesting alternatives.

Proof in silicon to avoid cruelty to animals

ECHA consistently insists on animal testing should be a last resort. There are already very effective alternatives to analysis acute and short term effectsas eye irritation or skin sensitization. However, they emphasize that these tests may still be needed for analysis of medium or long-term effects, such as reproduction.

However, they are also trying to find alternatives in silicon. This is the term used to refer to computer simulation chemical molecules or the environment. Problems have been developed to look for the pharmacological effects of some substances, as well as to see how they interact with others or what side effects they may cause on human health. Faux leather even began to be printed to test the effects of the new materials.

It is clear that artificial intelligence has a lot to say. Why don’t you go up great Britain to this car?

England will no longer crime free

For now, the UK’s measurements have turned in the direction Cruelty Free InternationalThat published a letter in which more than 80 makeup brands condemned this decision.

However, and in spite of measures already learned in Europe, it is british government he plans to proceed with the move, which they insist is completely legal.

Times change, but sometimes it seems that instead of moving forward, we go backwards.