Cruelty Free Europe Grieves: ‘Very Little Left Now’ Of Cosmetic Animal-Testing Bans

The European Chemicals Agency's Board of Appeal finds that REACH requires ingredient registrants to perform animal studies, even if their substances are used exclusively in cosmetic products. Historically opposed industry and animal welfare groups both may lose under the board’s decisions.

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The European Chemicals Agency’s Board of Appeal issued two decisions on 18 August that it characterized as “among the most important taken by the Board of Appeal to date.”

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