The Ed.
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'American Beauty' actress, Thora Birch, has made a public call for the American beauty industry to end all animal testing. The animal activist has joined Cruelty Free International in their fight against animal testing that is still going on.
Birch said, "It is a shame that in the United States animals can still be subjected to agonizing tests for cosmetics despite the availability of modern non-animal tests. Testing cosmetics on animals is an outdated and unnecessary practice. It's also cruel. Our nation's largest trading partner, the European Union, has banned the sale of animal tested cosmetics and proven it is possible to produce safe cosmetics without harming animals.
For over a decade California has required that modern non-animal tests be used to ensure product safety before resorting to cruel outdated animal tests. Now the California legislature has passed the Cruelty Free Cosmetics Resolution calling for an end to cruel cosmetics tests nationwide. I'm proud to join Cruelty Free International and the state of California in calling for a US ban on animal testing for cosmetics."
She's got a point...in this day and age when there are effective alternatives for testing what could possibly be stopping them from giving up the animal testing? Oh wait...could it be money?
Until then...geek on!
The Ed.
Birch said, "It is a shame that in the United States animals can still be subjected to agonizing tests for cosmetics despite the availability of modern non-animal tests. Testing cosmetics on animals is an outdated and unnecessary practice. It's also cruel. Our nation's largest trading partner, the European Union, has banned the sale of animal tested cosmetics and proven it is possible to produce safe cosmetics without harming animals.
For over a decade California has required that modern non-animal tests be used to ensure product safety before resorting to cruel outdated animal tests. Now the California legislature has passed the Cruelty Free Cosmetics Resolution calling for an end to cruel cosmetics tests nationwide. I'm proud to join Cruelty Free International and the state of California in calling for a US ban on animal testing for cosmetics."
She's got a point...in this day and age when there are effective alternatives for testing what could possibly be stopping them from giving up the animal testing? Oh wait...could it be money?
Until then...geek on!
The Ed.
