Hurtful Essences

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MP SLAMS HERBAL ESSENCES OVER 'MISLEADING' ANIMAL TESTING CLAIMS

 

Liberal Democrat MP Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South) is urging consumers to

boycott Herbal Essences, following Uncaged’s exposure of the cruel animal

experiments performed for the shampoo brand by its parent company, Procter &

Gamble (P & G). In an article quoted by Portsmouth paper 'The News’, he said:

" The media have been inundated with half-truths about P & G. It is now time for a

campaign to force P & G to be more honest and really stop testing their products

on animals. I don’t believe that the vast majority of people want cosmetics

tested unnecessarily on animals. And it is clear from their actions so far that

Procter and Gamble will only listen if consumers stop buying their products –

and hit them where it hurts on their bottom line. "

Mike Hancock has tabled an Early Day Motion (No. 1279 ‘Animal Testing of

Cosmetics’) in the House of Commons which asserts that animal testing for

cosmetics is “morally unacceptable†and applauds Uncaged’s ‘Boycott

Procter & Gamble’ campaign.

 

EDM 1279 also highlights the confusion that exists around the animal testing of

cosmetics, and calls for information on animal testing for cosmetics to be more

accessible. As the Labour MP Kerry McCarthy said in a recent parliamentary

debate, “the average person on the street does not want to buy products that

have been tested on animals, but that information simply is not availableâ€.

 

The Government claims that local trading standards departments can be contacted

for information on animal testing for specific products, but the departments

we’ve spoken to have told us that they are “constrained by various

legislation†and cannot give out such information. EDM 1279 calls for the law

to be clarified or changed so members of the public can access information about

cosmetics companies’ animal testing so they can make an informed choice about

what they buy.

 

So far, 107 MPs have signed EDM 1279. To lobby your MP to do so, or to sign any

of the other EDMs endorsed by Uncaged, please visit the Protecting Animals in

Democracy site at www.vote4animals.org.uk .

With best wishes

Dr Dan Lyons, Director, Uncaged

www.uncaged.co.uk and www.hurtfulessences.org

 

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