Humans have been using animals to test pharmaceuticals and cosmetics since 1937, when a chemical reaction caused by an untested liquid antibiotic marketed toward pediatric patients caused the death of ...

In recent years, cruelty-free beauty has gained immense popularity, with more consumers demanding products that are not tested on animals. Despite this shift, some major makeup brands still engage in ...

Although several countries—and even some U.S. states—are beginning to create laws that ban or limit the practice of animal testing for cosmetics, the sad reality is that some companies continue to ...

While the use of animals to test the safety of cosmetic products in the U.S. is legal, a number of states have brought in laws to ban the practice. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) notes that ...

Millions of animals each year are killed in U.S. laboratories as part of medical training and chemical, food, drug and cosmetic testing, according to the non-profit animal rights organization People ...

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Nine members of the European Parliament along with 14 NGOs have signed a letter demanding that the EU Commission commit to ...

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However, when it comes to animal protection, consumers have no guaranteed safety. What does “cruelty-free” actually mean in cosmetics? There are now many bans on animal testing in Germany, but they ...