Scientists in Singapore have created human skin in a petri dish. They say the development is a game-changing step that will mean less use of animals for testing cosmetic products. Made up of skin ...

Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rob Portman (R-OH), and Reps. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) and Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), are leading an effort to reintroduce the Humane Cosmetics Act. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Canada has moved to ban the testing of cosmetics on animals, joining a number of other countries and American states to outlaw the ...

While the use of animals to test the safety of cosmetic products in the U.S. is legal, a number of states have brought in laws to ban the practice. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) notes that ...

Humans have been using animals to test pharmaceuticals and cosmetics since 1937, when a chemical reaction caused by an untested liquid antibiotic marketed toward pediatric patients caused the death of ...

California is taking a major stand against beauty brands who test on animals. In a unanimous vote, the California State Assembly passed bill SB 1249, which will make it illegal to sell products, from ...