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Animal testing provides ways to test new cosmetics and medicine without the chance of harm to humans. Many people think that cosmetic testing on animals is inhumane, and pointless. But, Alok Jha and Paul Lewis think otherwise, “People talk about cosmetics being the ultimate evil. But beautifying ones self has been going on since we were cavemen. If it’s proven to reduce [human suffering] through animal tests, then it’s not wrong to use them” (Jha and Lewis, 2009). The cosmetics industry is an industry that will exist indefinitely. Cosmetics need to be safe, and proven safe, so that no one gets sick, or infected from them. As stated on msnbc, “Some products of yesteryear contained high concentrations of lead, mercury, arcenic, and even radiation” (Mapes, 2008). If testing products on animals, can take out these chemicals, and make cosmetics safer, then, animal testing for cosmetics is not worthless and inhumane.