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EU Animal Testing Ban Is in Effect

Legislators urge other countries to follow its lead.

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By: TOM BRANNA

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The European Unions’ ban on animal testing for cosmetics is now in effect. The European Union banned animal testing of finished cosmetic products in 2004. A second ban, on animal-tested ingredients, went into effect four years ago. But heavy lobbying by major cosmetics manufacturers resulted in an extension of the deadline for some tests for effects like allergies and cancer and for which there is still no substitute. Today’s action eliminated those remaining exemptions....

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