New York becomes 10th state to ban cosmetic testing on animals.

[Catherine]

New York just signed the New York Cruelty-Free Act to ban the testing of cosmetics on animals. It is due to go into effect in Jan 2023.
They are the tenth state to do this, following Virginia, California, Louisiana, New Jersey, Maine, Hawaii, Nevada, Illinois and Maryland.
The country now needs Congress to pass the Cruelty-Free Act so that the ban will cover all states. The bill was introduced in December 2021.


https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/18/us/new-yo...index.html

The testing of cosmetics is particularly cruel. It also has no justification. It is not life saving medical research. It is for a new color of eye shadow or perfume scent. 
No animal should suffer for something so trivial.

Until cosmetic testing is banned everywhere we can help by only buying cruelty free products. 
I like to support companies that have never tested on animals.
Whatever you choose to do, as long as they are not tested on animals now you are helping to make a statement.

[LPC]

This chaotic system of different - even opposing - laws in each state is difficult to understand for people in countries where laws are made nationally. On this particular issue, let us hope that a national USA law banning cosmetic experiments will be passed soon.

For the situation globally, see;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testing_co..._with_bans

Sadly, Canada seems to have a long way to go: "The animal experimentation industry is largely unregulated and allowed to operate in near secrecy. No one knows exactly how many animals are used because many private-sector experimenters are unregulated and not required to disclose the numbers of animals used, species, or the types of tests they perform. The number of private facilities conducting animal experiments in Canada is unknown." (From article cited above).

[Catherine]

The USA is close to passing a federal law banning cosmetic testing. That doesn't mean all the states have to comply with the law. It is a confusing system.

Canada is even more confusing. Our laws exist on the city level, the provincial level and the federal level. They can be in conflict with each other and even interfere with each other. Getting something passed that works right across the country is very difficult. Animal testing laws would come under a number of jurisdictions. 
The conflict would be between animal testing requirements for some products and animals rights/ animal cruelty laws. 

The city could pass a bylaw banning all animal testing in city limits, but the province could grant a license for animal testing, to a company that operates in the city. 
The federal government could lift all requirements for animal testing of cosmetics, but the province could require all cosmetics be tested.

You should see us trying to sort out school curriculums for controversial subjects.
Our governments traditionally don't get things done.