rawrful
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Hey, friends, I'm not sure how many of you use Revlon products or how much this would matter to anyone that does, but I wanted to give you all a heads up on something that I was just informed about.
I have a friend that works for a company that manufactures the ingredients that are sold to companies like Revlon, Estee Lauder, etc. As expected there are a variety of safety tests that need to be performed on the products before any of the big companies buy them. The widely used test, according to my friend, is called a RIPT - repeat insult patch test, which a group of fifty volunteers uses the ingredient on their skin for two months and they report if there was any irritation/reaction.
Well, the other day Revlon called the company and requested that they perform a LD-50 test for a product the company manufactures.
An LD-50 test is where you have a group of fifty mice and/or rabbits and you continually inject them with a product until they die. This is done to determine the lethal dosage of the product.
My friend went on to tell me that LD-50 tests are NEVER requested by any company. When they received this request last week, my friend's boss was really confused that they requested it. Today, the boss tried to talk them out of it. Revlon refused.
I, myself, had no idea that Revlon was supporting animal testing. I had rarely used their products before, but I am certain I will definitely not use them at all now.
Sorry, for not being too specific about anything, I just don't want to risk my friend possibly getting in trouble for any of this, but I did want to let you all know.
I have a friend that works for a company that manufactures the ingredients that are sold to companies like Revlon, Estee Lauder, etc. As expected there are a variety of safety tests that need to be performed on the products before any of the big companies buy them. The widely used test, according to my friend, is called a RIPT - repeat insult patch test, which a group of fifty volunteers uses the ingredient on their skin for two months and they report if there was any irritation/reaction.
Well, the other day Revlon called the company and requested that they perform a LD-50 test for a product the company manufactures.
An LD-50 test is where you have a group of fifty mice and/or rabbits and you continually inject them with a product until they die. This is done to determine the lethal dosage of the product.
My friend went on to tell me that LD-50 tests are NEVER requested by any company. When they received this request last week, my friend's boss was really confused that they requested it. Today, the boss tried to talk them out of it. Revlon refused.
I, myself, had no idea that Revlon was supporting animal testing. I had rarely used their products before, but I am certain I will definitely not use them at all now.
Sorry, for not being too specific about anything, I just don't want to risk my friend possibly getting in trouble for any of this, but I did want to let you all know.