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Unilever

You may be aware of Unilever, you may not. More and more do we see their products pop up in adverts with their “U”logo appearing in the corner of the screen. Shame then, that they test their products on animals.

As you roll on your Dove deodorant of a morning, or rub vaseline into your skin, as you spread your toast with marmite, or eat Carte D’or ice cream (preferably not following your toast/marmite brekkie) the hypocrisy of their mission statement which states that they conduct their business with integrity. Try telling that to the countless animals who suffer each year all because, we, the consumer and therefore the perpetrator, want to look good.

What I don’t understand is that human skin and animal skin are clearly not the same, so why would a moisturiser react the same way when applied to both? If a cosmetic doesn’t irritate a shaved rabbits bear skin does that mean that it’s safe to assume that our skins won’t react either?

Unilever are a multi-million pound, global company, surely then they can find a way to make sure their products are safe without resorting to the cruelty of testing their products on animals? But this will only change if people stop buying their products.

It’s fairly easy to avoid cosmetics that are tested in this torturous way, but what you may not be aware of are all of the other items that Unilever are responsible for producing. (Yes, it matters, any money they make will invariably fund further unnecessary experiments) so, Comfort, Surf, Ponds, Vaseline, Knorr, Flora, Helmann’s, Slim Fast et al should all be avoided too until Unilever understand that we do not want animals do suffer so that the fat cats of their company can line their pockets. Actually, talking of fat cats, if Unilever do have to test their products on animals, why not start there?