Washington has recently passed a law to become the 12th U.S. state to ban the sale of cosmetics that have been newly tested on animals. This legislation, known as H.B. 1097, was signed into law by Governor Jay Inslee. The move is a significant step towards reducing animal cruelty in the cosmetics industry and …
Although it appears to be a dumb question, it’s a fair one that demands a reasonable answer. Although I detest animal testing, we have to have a critical and balanced discussion about it. Common sense tells me that animals experience pain in animal testing. Am I correct? Perhaps a sub-question would be: “How much …
NEWS AND OPINION: To compound their earlier failures particularly those of Liz Truss, the short-lived former Prime Minister, this dying conservative government has allowed the use of animal testing for cosmetics to protect the workers making the products after this form of animal testing was banned in the UK in 1998. The BBC reports …
When a cosmetic manufacturer sells their products in China, the Chinese conduct independent testing of those cosmetics on animals. These are well-known cosmetics made by well-known manufacturers such as Revlon and Estee Lauder. Both Revlon and Estee Lauder do not test their products on animals but the Chinese do. This begs the question whether …
L’Oréal should be congratulated for their intention to use 3D printing technology to create samples of human skin for testing cosmetics. The point that I wish to make is that there are many cosmetics companies which at the date of the post still test their products on animals. There is no need for it. …
This is another good day for animal welfare. Today 11th March 2013, sales of animal tested cosmetics are banned throughout the European Union (EU). This follows on from a ban on animal testing of cosmetics in the EU in 2009. The earlier ban still allowed cosmetics that had been tested in countries outside of …
“Dr. Heath injects serum” – photo uploaded by The Library of Congree on Flickr Good morning readers. I’d like to thank my friends for giving me the idea for this article. This is not a cat story or a dog story. I believe they may be used without public knowledge but have no proof. …
