Some good news for animals (for once)

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EURO MPs APPROVE BAN ON ANIMAL TESING FOR COSMETICS

 

A Europe-wide ban on the sale of cosmetics tested on animals has been

approved by MEPs.

 

If endorsed by EU government ministers, the ban will come into force

at the start of 2005.

 

It will apply to all new cosmetic products which have been tested on

animals from that date. But products already on the market will be

allowed to remain on sale.

 

Any company selling items such as shampoo, lipsticks and shower gel

which have been tested on animals will be affected.

 

Ministers are warning they will accept nothing less than a complete

crackdown on the unnecessary use of animals in the development of

cosmetics. The vote follows years of wrangling between the European

Parliament and EU governments.

 

Liberal-Democrat MEP Chris Davies said: " If the price to be paid to

end animal cruelty is that consumers do without yet another

deodorant, or even bubblier bubble baths, then it is one worth

paying. "

 

It is estimated that each year in the EU, 38,000 animals are used and

killed in the search for new cosmetics.

 

Britain has banned the testing of cosmetics and their ingredients on

animals since 1998. But the ban does not affect cosmetics sold in

Britain but made abroad.

 

Most European testing of cosmetics on animals is done in France and

Italy.

 

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