California Bans Sale Of Products Tested On Animals
First smoking and plastic grocery bags, then straws and now California has become the first state to ban the sale of products tested on animals. The California Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act,…
TAKEHARA, JAPAN – FEBRUARY 24: A tourist feeds rabbits on Okunoshima Island on February 24, 2014 in Takehara, Japan. Okunoshima is a small island located in the Inland Sea of Japan in Hiroshima Prefecture. The Island often called Usagi Jima or “Rabbit Island” is famous for it’s rabbit population that has taken over the island and become a tourist attraction with many people coming to the feed the animals and enjoy the islands tourist facilities which include a resort, six hole golf course and camping grounds. During World War II the island was used as a poison gas facility. From 1929 to 1945, the Japanese Army produced five types of poison gas on Okunoshima Island. The island was so secret that local residents were told to keep away and it was removed from area maps. Today ruins of the old forts and chemical factories can be found all across the island. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
(Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)First smoking and plastic grocery bags, then straws and now California has become the first state to ban the sale of products tested on animals.
The California Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act, SB 1249 was passed on Tuesday and makes it illegal to “knowingly sell any cosmetics or hygiene products that have any component in them that has been tested on animals within state limits.”
The law goes into effect January 1, 2020.
