Cruelty Free International launches anti-animal testing petition against European Chemicals Agency

Published: 10-Jan-2019
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European ban on animal testing for cosmetics was introduced in 2013

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Cruelty Free International has called on the beauty industry and consumers to join together in a campaign to fight what it claims is the unlawful undermining of the European cosmetics animal testing bans by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).

It has launched a Europe-wide petition calling on the ECHA to stop requesting animal testing immediately and ensure that the EU cosmetics testing bans are implemented correctly.

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