EU MARKETING BAN ON ANIMAL TESTED COSMETICS TO BE ENFORCED DESPITE LACK OF ENOUGH ALTERNATIVE METHODS
December 1st, 2012
BY CARMEN PAUN IN BRUSSELS
IN a move which critics might claim animal welfare is being given priority over human safety, the European Union (EU) is about to implement a marketing ban on all cosmetics which have been tested on animals since March 11, 2013. This is because the ban comes even though the EU still lacks alternatives to testing some potential health concerns about cosmetics in laboratories without using animals. Indeed, the search for alternative validated testing methods for repeated dose toxicity and reproductive toxicity still continues, according ...
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