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February 25, 2013
As Europe Bans Sale of Animal-Tested Cosmetics, LUSH and HSI CEOs Call for Global End to Cosmetics Cruelty
As the European Union prepared to finally ban the sale of newly animal-tested cosmetics on 11 March 2013 LUSH & Humane Society International sent an open letter to the global cosmetics industry calling on it to abandon animal testing once and for all.
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February 25, 2013
Enquanto a Europa proíbe a venda de cosméticos testados em animais, diretores da LUSH e HSI pedem que a indústria de beleza brasileira acabe com a crueldade dos cosméticos
O Co-Fundador e Diretor da LUSH Cosméticos Mark Constantine e Andrew Rowan, Diretor e Presidente da HSI, escreveram uma carta aberta para pedir a indústria global de cosméticos para que acabem com a experimentação animal de uma vez por todas.
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February 1, 2013
HSI's Be Cruelty-Free Campaign Makes Progress in Korea
HSI's Be Cruelty-Free Campaign Director, Troy Seidle, recently visited Korea for an intensive series of governmental and corporate meetings and public awareness events aimed at building support for legislation to ban the use of animals for cosmetic testing.
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January 2, 2013
HSI’s Be Cruelty-Free Campaign Hails Israeli Sales Ban on Animal-Tested Cosmetics “Truly Historic”
Humane Society International, on behalf of our partners in the global Be Cruelty-Free campaign to end cosmetics animal testing, cautiously welcomed the enactment of a new law banning the sale of animal-tested cosmetics in Israel.
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December 6, 2012
Shoppers Urged to Celebrate a Cruelty-Free Christmas
Choose Cruelty Free, Humane Research Australia and Humane Society International are calling on the Australian Government to follow the lead of the European Union in introducing legislation ensuring that no cosmetic shall be imported into, sold or manufactured in Australia if the final product or its ingredients have been tested on animals.
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November 16, 2012
Lush Cosmetics Awards Humane Society International Prize for ‘Outstanding’ Work to End Cruel and Outdated Animal Testing for Pesticides
HSI received £40,000 for being selected to win in the lobbying category for leadership of a successful two-year campaign that dramatically reduced animal-testing requirements under Europe’s new regulations for non-food pesticides.
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November 14, 2012
HSI Praises EU Health Commissioner-Designate’s Comments on Europe’s 2013 Ban on Sales of Animal-Tested Cosmetics
HSI/EU welcomed European Union Health Commissioner-Designate Tonio Borg's endorsement for the full implementation of the March 2013 ban on sales of animal-tested cosmetics.
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November 8, 2012
HSI India: Pledging to ‘Be Cruelty-Free’ This Diwali is as Easy as Giving a Missed Call
Pledging to Be Cruelty-Free by avoiding animal-tested cosmetics just got easier for billions of Indians celebrating Diwali this year.
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November 6, 2012
HSI Calls for Overhaul of REACH Data Requirements to Cut Needless Animal Testing
HSI has issued an urgent call for the European Commission to revise information requirements prescribed under its REACH chemicals law to substantially reduce animal testing while maintaining the same high level of regulatory scrutiny.
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October 25, 2012
FIAPO Joins Forces with HSI's Be Cruelty-Free Campaign to End Cosmetics Animal Testing in India
The Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO), a national collective of animal protection organisations in India, has become a formal partner of HSI's Be Cruelty-Free campaign to end animal testing for cosmetics in India.
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October 24, 2012
New Cell Test Will Help Save Rabbits From Severe Eye Irritation Experiments
The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), an economic alliance of 34 industrialized countries, has adopted a new validated non-animal test method that can be used to asses chemicals for severe eye irritation and corrosion instead of subjecting rabbits to having chemicals dripped in their eyes.
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October 23, 2012
U.S. Poll Shows Consumers Want Cosmetics to be Cruelty-Free
Three out of four women in the United States consider it important that the cosmetics products they buy are labeled “cruelty-free,” and would buy a cruelty-free product in preference to one without a cruelty-free label.
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October 21, 2012
Opinion Poll Shows Drop in UK Public Support for Animal Experiments
A new IpSoS MORI opinion poll commissioned by the UK’s Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, has revealed a significant decline in UK public support for experiments on live animals—the lowest support since 1999.
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October 12, 2012
EU Parliament Workshop: Advancing Safety Science and Health Research
Stakeholders call on the European Union to support substantial, dedicated funding for this critically important area through its Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for research and innovation.
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October 11, 2012
HSI intensifica trabalho para substituir testes de cosméticos em animais no Brasil
Em novembro 2012, o HSI será co-anfitrião do primeiro workshop de ciência regulatória no Brasil para discutir os últimos desenvolvimentos científicos e regulamentares em matéria de alternativas ao uso de animais em avaliação de segurança para cosméticos.
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October 11, 2012
HSI Intensifies Work to Replace Cosmetics Animal Testing in Brazil
In November 2012, HSI will co-host Brazil’s first regulatory science workshop to discuss the latest scientific and regulatory developments in the field of alternatives to the use of animals in cosmetics safety assessment.
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October 10, 2012
HSI Calls for Transatlantic Partnership to Revolutionise Drug, Chemical and Human Health Research and Replace Animal Testing
HSI is calling for the EU and the US to form a groundbreaking transatlantic research partnership to bolster the technology revolution taking place in pharmaceutical and chemical safety testing using cutting-edge non-animal techniques.
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July 30, 2012
Ricky Gervais Raps Cosmetics Companies for Testing on Animals and Abandoning Ethics to Sell Products in China
Actor and comedian Ricky Gervais lashed out against cosmetics companies that put profit before compassion and test on animals to sell their products in China, where the practice often is required by law.
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July 10, 2012
Britain’s Animal Experiments Rise to 3.79 million in 2011
HSI/UK was extremely disappointed by the Home Office’s announcement that experiments on animals in Britain had increased yet again, reaching 3.79 million in 2011.
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July 9, 2012
Sir Paul McCartney Supports HSI’s Be Cruelty-Free Campaign
Sir Paul McCartney gave his backing to HSI's Be Cruelty-Free campaign, the largest-ever global effort to end animal testing for cosmetics worldwide.
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