controversial. Among these are the Draize, LD50, and the skin irritancy test. The Draize test is a test of how a chemical effects irritation in the eye. This test is performed on rabbits who under controlled supervision have a chemical force into one of their eyes. The eyelid is then held shut to prevent the chemical from being flushed out. For the next couple of weeks the rabbits are tested for blindness and other damages that result. Besides being abusive, the test is imprecise given the fact that a rabbit eye is unlike the human eye in physical makeup. A rabbit eye lacks tear ducts to flush out foreign objects unlike humans who can produce tears to protect the eye.
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