In the EU, animal testing is actually banned.Īnimal testing is legal in the U.S., but occurs less frequently than in China because “animal testing doesn’t tell you much,” says Erin Hill, president of IIVS Labs, a nonprofit research and testing laboratory that has partnered with Estée Lauder Companies and other organizations to help China embrace in vitro tests. But for reputable cosmetic companies, in vitro testing methods are routine (Marenus says he has been using it for the past 25 years). These tests are also not as efficient as in vitro tests, the non-animal testing methods that allow scientists to look at toxicity and basic biological processes, says Marenus. And those permits require animal testing. “The Chinese government requires you to get something called a hygiene permit to import your products,” Ken Marenus, SVP of Research and Development at Estée Lauder Companies, tells Teen Vogue. But the company’s products are tested on animals - in China, in government labs, by government employees. MAC employees are not testing on animals. “MAC doesn’t test on animals,” Anna Klein, vice president of Global Corporate Affairs, Global Communications at Estée Lauder Companies (MAC’s parent company), tells Teen Vogue.
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