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  does this include imported products?
context: Many years ago a girl I knew volunteered for testing instead of animals. She lost all of her eyelashes when testing a mascara. >
  
  Ugh, why would that be a volunteer thing? At least clinical trials almost always compensate you with cash. >
  
  Simply because of the paper work and beaurocracy required to perform a clinical trial. Therefore the cosmetic industry run "volunteer studies". They still require ethics etc. but you can set up your own ethics committee and pass off your own experimental protocols. >
  
  Why would anyone volunteer though? So it doesn't happen to animals? >
  
  $$$$$ >
  
  Is it still "volunteer" if you're paid to do it? >
  
  Yes. In college, there's so many studies to sign up for as volunteers and you get small honorariums. >
  
  You volunteer to be a paid research participant same as clinical studies. >
  
  You guys are getting paid? >
  
  Depends on amount of involvement needed. He wasn't lying about the honorarium being small tho compared to clinical studies. For obvious reasons.
  But i did plenty of surveys, and small things over the years for various grad students so they could get data for what they needed.