Cruelty Free: Advancing Humane Cosmetics Act Would Send Global Signal
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
If the U.S. Humane Cosmetics Act were to pass, it would encourage the rest of the world to "fall into line" and ban cosmetic animal testing, according to Cruelty Free International.
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