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# Congress Introduces Landmark Cosmetic Animal Testing Ban
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/cosmetic_animal_testing_ban_0508140842/
- Published: 2014-05-08T21:41:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T14:08:29.000Z
- Description: Rep. Jim Moran introduced the Humane Cosmetics Act, which would end cosmetics testing on animals in the US and bar sales of products tested on animals elsewhere. The Physicians Committee, citing a survey where three in four Americans back a ban, asks readers to contact Congress.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Law & Regulations, Politics, #vivvo-import

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Last month, Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., introduced the Humane Cosmetics Act, a landmark bill to ban the testing of cosmetics on animals. This historic legislation would not only end animal testing for cosmetics within the United States but would also prohibit the sale of products that have been tested on animals elsewhere—forcing other countries we do business with to stop testing as well.  
  
Thousands of animals are used in cosmetics tests in the U.S. each year despite the widespread availability of better alternatives. Rats, mice, guinea pigs, rabbits, and other animals endure endless chemical assaults to their skin, eyes, and internal organs and are never given any pain relief. But nonanimal methods more accurately predict human effects in much less time and at a lower cost—without the cruelty.  
  
According to a Physicians Committee survey, three out of four Americans favor a ban on animal testing and would feel just as safe using cosmetics tested using nonanimal methods.

In addition, more than 500 cosmetics brands in North America do not test final products, formulations, or ingredients using animals. The European Union, India, Israel, and parts of Brazil have banned animal testing for cosmetics.  
  
The Physicians Committee is already putting the pressure on Congress to pass this bill. Please help us by taking action today to end the cruelty and fuel the transition away from animal testing. [Call, then email, your elected officials to ask them to sponsor the Humane Cosmetics Act](https://secure2.convio.net/pcrm/site/Advocacy?alertId=703&pg=makeACall&ref=foodconsumer.org).

[Call, then email, your elected officials to ask them to sponsor the Humane Cosmetics Act >](https://secure2.convio.net/pcrm/site/Advocacy?alertId=703&pg=makeACall&ref=foodconsumer.org)

[*PCRM Online* May 2014](http://www.pcrm.org/media/online/may2014/pcrm-online-march-2014?ref=foodconsumer.org)

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