AAVS American Anti-Vivisection
Society
July 2017
In the U.S., thousands of animals, like mice, rabbits, and guinea pigs, are still used to test cosmetic and personal care products. These animals experience tremendous pain and suffering, as chemicals and ingredients are put in their eyes and on their skin to measure levels of irritation. They are also forced to inhale and ingest chemicals to see if these substances are toxic, and often animals are killed at the end of these experiments.
However, the Humane Cosmetics Act (HCA) could end this horrible practice!
Tell your Congressional Representatives to endorse/support the Humane Cosmetics Act (H.R. 2790).
Sign the online petition here.
And/Or better yet, make direct contact:
Find and contact your U.S. Senators
http://www.senate.gov/
Find and contact your U.S. Representative
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In the U.S., thousands of animals, like mice, rabbits, and guinea pigs,
are still used to test cosmetic and personal care products. These animals
experience tremendous pain and suffering, as chemicals and ingredients are
put in their eyes and on their skin to measure levels of irritation. They
are also forced to inhale and ingest chemicals to see if these substances
are toxic, and often animals are killed at the end of these experiments.
However, the Humane Cosmetics Act (HCA) could end this horrible practice!
Sponsored by Representatives Martha McSally (R-AZ,) Don Beyer (D-VA), Ed
Royce (R-CA), Tony Cardenas (D-CA), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), and Paul Tonko
(D-NY), the HCA is a bipartisan bill. It would make it illegal “to conduct
or contract for cosmetic animal testing…for the purpose of developing a
cosmetic for sale in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce.” Also, it
would be “unlawful to sell, offer for sale, or knowingly transport in
interstate commerce any cosmetic if the final product or any component…was
developed or manufactured using cosmetic animal testing….” A fine of as high
as $10,000 could be levied for each violation.
The federal government does not require companies to use animals to test
cosmetics, and the majority of Americans support humane cosmetics and
personal care products. In fact, more than two thirds of voters believe that
cosmetics should not be tested on animals. More than 30 countries around the
world, including all of the EU, as well as Israel and India, prohibit the
use of animals to test cosmetics.
Now it’s time for Congress to act and end the use of animals in testing by
supporting the Humane Cosmetics Act (H.R. 2790)!
Thank you for everything you do for animals!
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