Lipstick on a pig? No more says China! #Animal activists are celebrating this week, after the legal requirement for animal testing on cosmetics made and sold inside #China was lifted. It’s seen as a first step toward eventually stopping all animal testing in the country. China has long required #cosmetics to be tested on animals as part of its safety protocol. An estimated 300,000 live animals go through the painful process in labs every year. But that will change as of July. re cosmetics worth it? Some say beauty is in the eye of the beholder Cosmetics are big business in China, which is the fourth-largest cosmetics market in the world. The new regulation will allow both Chinese and foreign companies operating on the Mainland the option of avoiding animal testing if they use ingredients that have already been tested as safe. With inputs from Xinhua
Posted on: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 15:05:01 +0000
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