PETA Scientists Lead Advancement in Making Personal Lubricants Cruelty-Free

A paper co-authored by PETA scientists shows that human cell–based vaginal tissue models have the potential to replace rabbits when assessing the safety of personal lubricants. This non-animal method delivers data that is predictive of human health effects, reproducible across laboratories, and ranks personal lubricants by vaginal irritation potential. PETA scientists remain hard at work until this non-animal model is accepted to meet regulatory testing requirements for lubes and additional products, such as tampons, menstrual cups, and other relevant medical devices.