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Advocates urge Massachusetts to ban cosmetics tested on animals as sponsors tout non‑animal methods
Summary
Supporters of House Bill 426 and Senate Bill 263 told a joint committee the measures would prohibit most cosmetics that rely on vertebrate animal testing and align Massachusetts with other states and international markets that have restricted such testing. Industry and advocacy witnesses said modern non‑animal tests are more predictive for humans;
Supporters of legislation that would bar the sale of most cosmetics tested on vertebrate animals told the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure on Tuesday that Massachusetts should join other states and countries that have moved away from animal testing.
"This bill would prohibit the sale of most cosmetics known to have relied on vertebrate animal testing," said Drew McCormick, with Animal Defenders International, in virtual testimony. He described repeated‑dose, skin‑sensitizing, carcinogen and reproductive‑toxicity tests on animals and argued such methods are scientifically unreliable for predicting…
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