Chemical Testing

Not only is using animals in potentially agonising experiments cruel, it’s also bad science.

The test would have involved force-feeding high concentrations of a cosmetics ingredient to pregnant rats or rabbits.

As the field of nanotechnology grows, some regulators are calling for more animal experiments.

With the blood of 1 million animals on its hands, Europe is anything but the world leader in animal welfare it has claimed to be.

Finally, ECHA recognises that conducting tests on animals only as a last resort is a key legal principle.

After 24,000 compassionate Europeans signed our open letter to the European Chemicals Agency about senseless experiments on animals, officials assured us that they are taking action.

We’ve delivered your signatures to the European Chemicals Agency calling on officials to do their job and minimise the number of animals who are poisoned in deadly tests.

Following a detailed complaint lodged by PETA, the EU Ombudsman confirmed PETA’s darkest fears about what has been happening in the world’s largest animal testing programme, REACH.

The European Ombudsman has determined that the ECHA is not fully applying its authority to minimise animal experiments, as required by law.

PETA believes that the cosmetics testing ban is a vital start, an important and big step forward, but that there is more to be done.