Testing products on animals became an industry standard in the cosmetic, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries nearly a century ago. Since that time, it has become clear that these tests cause ...

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Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. 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 ...

The FDA has released draft guidance that aims to clear up how drug developers can use alternative testing – but that doesn’t mean animal testing in the US is over.

The UK government has lifted its ban which stopped animal testing for cosmetic products – and have been accused of being less than transparent about it all. Animal testing for make-up was originally ...

Around 348 B.C., Aristotle took a two-year trip to the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos to study animals in a lagoon. Along with observing the creatures in their natural habitat and surmising, among ...

Sunscreens are essential in the fight against skin cancer. The FDA, in its proposed order on sunscreen products, ignored the best science and required expensive and outdated animal tests on ...

Controversial ways of thinking run rampant through our media. One of the many topics that fall under this category is the justification for animal testing — as if it could ever be justified.

Following the trend of other regulators, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is taking steps to reduce the need for animal testing. The agency has issued a draft qualification opinion for a new ...

Beagle Freedom Project will turn the facility formerly used for animal testing of flea and tick products into a rehabilitation center. Photo from Beagle Freedom Project More than 200 dogs and cats and ...