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Cosmetic testing on animals is a type of animal testing used to test the safety and hypoallergenic properties of cosmetic products for use by humans. Since this type of animal testing is often harml to the animal subjects, it is opposed by animal rights activists and others. Cosmetic animal testing is banned in many parts of the world, including Colombia, the European Union, the United Jun 22, 2022 · Animal testing remains legal in most of the world. Learn how the practice began—and is still performed—and how to know if your favorite cosmetics have been tested on animals. Jun 23, 2023 · Animal protection advocates Humane Society International/Canada, Animal Alliance Canada and Cruelty Free International, together with Cosmetics Alliance Canada, Lush Cosmetics, and The Body Shop, have

been working closely with the Canadian government for several years to advance workable legislation to ban cosmetics animal testing in Canada. To do so, cosmetic companies established wide range scientific effort of testing cosmetic on animal subjects (rabbits, mice, rats and others). These tests were focused on determining general toxicity, eye and skin irritancy, mutagenicity and phototoxicity (influence of ultraviolet light on cosmetic products). Many countries around the world have laws in place that ban or limit the testing of cosmetics on animals, including the European Union (EU) member countries. The EU has banned the sale of cosmetics tested on animals since 2013. Cosmetic Testing According to Humane Society International, more than 500,000 animals die yearly from cosmetic

testing. Animal testing is the inhumane practice of experimenting on live animals to study the effects on their behavior or biological system. Dec 13, 2024 · She explains that animal testing remains a legal requirement in some parts of the European beauty supply chain: “The European Chemicals Agency’s REACH [Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation and restriction of Chemicals] Regulation still demands animal tests on substances that may later be found in cosmetics.