Careful What You Wish For: 80 Companies Stand Behind California’s Proposed Animal-Testing Ban
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
NGO proponents’ apparent intention is to bar companies from testing new cosmetic ingredients on animals, limiting them to existing ingredients or alternative testing methods. However, draft legislation advancing in California could pose big problems for even the most committed cruelty-free brands.
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