GLOBAL SHIFT TOWARDS BLOCKING ANIMAL TESTING ON COSMETICS CONTINUES TO ROLL FORWARD
November 1st, 2018
MPs in Canada have returned to their House of Commons after the traditional summer break, when they are expected to vote on a draft law, the Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act, that would ban the testing of cosmetics and their ingredients on annals in Canada and block the sale of personal care products that have been assessed using such techniques.
The law has cleared all legislative hurdles in the Canadian parliament’s upper house, the Senate, but must be approved by the current House of Commons before it is dissolved ahead of a scheduled 2019 election before it can ...
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