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What They Don’t Want You To Know

ForUsToBe — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 09:15:21 +0000

An enormous victory was achieved for animals this week when nearly 200 dogs and 54 cats were rescued from a North Carolina animal testing facility that closed its doors after an undercover investigation revealed apparent abuse of the animals by workers at the facility. Quick work on the part of the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), in partnership with the Humane Society of the U.S. and more than a dozen animal shelters and rescues succeeded in placing all of the rescued animals, offering hope that they will find loving homes and solace after their ordeal.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) conducted the initial investigation that exposed the apparent cruelty at Professional Laboratory and Research Services, an inconspicuous rural lab funded by large pharmaceutical companies to test insecticides and other chemicals used in companion animal products. For nine months, a PETA investigator worked undercover at the facility, and shot video showing animals in excruciating pain from procedures, as well as employees kicking, throwing, and dragging petrified dogs, violently slamming cats into cages, and screaming obscenities at the animals for showing fear and being uncooperative.

Following its investigation, PETA filed formal complaints with federal and state agencies, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and submitted evidence to the local prosecutor’s office. Soon thereafter, the USDA inspected the facility and instigated a formal investigation. In the meantime, the lab agreed to surrender voluntarily all its dogs and cats, and to cease research at the facility.

Does Cruelty Free Mean Animal Free?

ForUsToBe — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:01:39 +0000

Many cosmetic and toiletry products undergo animal testing, or their ingredients have been tested on animals. European law states that animal testing data should be provided for new ingredients in a cosmetic, but there are more than 8,000 ingredients where the safety has already been demonstrated. Companies could use these ingredients for their products and avoid the need for further animal testing.

The BUAV (British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection) is one of a number of animal protection groups that have developed and operate a global Humane Cosmetics Standard (HCS) to help consumers choose animal testing free cosmetics. (click to see those companies)
Because statements about animal testing made on the product labels can be misleading, for example stating “This product has not been tested on animals” when the ingredients within the product have been tested, the HCS alerts shoppers to cosmetics which are genuinely animal friendly.

A dressing table or bathroom contains perfumes, moisturizers, rouge, lipstick, antiaging skin products, oils, nail polish, face powder, sunscreen, hair conditioning, coloring products and deodorants. A miniscule percentage read the ingredient list on any of these products, preferring to go by the glamour of their advertisements.

Lets take some of the ingredients. The main ingredient in all cosmetics is oil/grease. Unless it specifically says plant oils , where does it come from ?

A rendering plant is a collection centre for all kinds of dead animals. Carcasses of every decaying body come from everywhere, including factory farms where disease has decimated herds of swine, cattle and poultry. At the plant, the bodies are all dumped together into a huge cooking pot. After a period of cooking, the bodies are subjected to extreme pressure in order to extract the fat from bones, skins, etc. Old cooking grease thrown out by restaurants is added in the pot. Fat is the final product of the plant.

Although generally when referring to animal free cosmetics we mean they haven’t been tested on animals, it is the case that some cosmetic products do actually contain ingredients that have been derived from animals.

Vitamin A, which can come from egg yolk or fish liver
Allantoin, Uric acid from mammals
Animal Fat, which can be found in soap
Ambergris from whale intestines for making perfumes
Arachidonic Acid a liquid unsaturated fatty acid taken from the liver of animals
Beeswax
Bristle, which is animal hair used to make brushes – often for make up brushes
Carbamide Excreted from urine. In deodorants, hair colorings, hand creams, lotions, shampoos
Castoreum from muskrat and beaver genitals for making perfumes
Civet paste which is an oily secretion painfully scraped from a gland very near the genital organs of civet cats.
Chitin, comes from the hard shells of insects or crustaceans (like crab or shrimp) and is used in moisturisers and shampoos
Cochineal Red pigment from crushed female cochineal insect. 70,000 beetles re crushed to make one pound of red dye. Used in ALL red/pink colouring in cosmetics
Collagen is used in moisturisers and is derived from animal connective tissue
Elastin is a protein found in the muscles of animals and is used in cosmetics
Fish oils are sometimes used in cosmetics
Gelatin or Gel used in shampoos, face masks, and other cosmetics. This is made by boiling skin, tendons, ligaments, and bones with water.
Glycerine (Glycerol) can come from sugar fermentation but is sometimes derived from animal fats. It’s used in some toothpastes.
Honey is sometimes used in cosmetics
Hyaluronic Acid a protein found in umbilical cords and the fluids around the joints
Keratin is often used in shampoos and conditioners. It’s a protein found in fur, feathers, hair, hooves and horns.
L’Cysteine Hydrochloride is derived from chicken feathers or hair. It’s sometimes found in shampoo, but can be manufactured synthetically.
Lactose is used in some cosmetics. It’s milk sugar, usually from cows.
Lanoline is the fat extracted from sheep wool, often used in cosmetics
Linoleic Acid, Nucleic Acid Used in cosmetics, shampoos, conditioners, etc.
Musk used in perfume. It comes from oil harvested from a gland taken from musk deer, civet cats and beaver.
Mink oil is made by killing minks and taking the fat layer they have just under their skins.
Myristic Acid (Isopropyl Myristate, Myristyls, Oleyl Myristate, Myristal Ether Sulfate) In most animal fats. Used in shampoos, creams, cosmetics.
Oleic Acid is used in soap and other cosmetics. It’s a fatty acid that can come from vegetable or animal fats.
Oleostearin is a solid fat derived from tallow and is found in soaps
Oestrogen is used in creams and other cosmetics. It is the female sex hormone and usually comes from horse urine or cow ovaries.
Palmitic Acid From fats, oils . Mixed with stearic acid. Found in shampoos, shaving soaps, creams.
Placenta animal placenta is widely used in skin creams, shampoos, masks
Progesterone is another sex hormone found in creams and comes from animal tissue
Propolis, comes from bee hives and sometimes found in toothpastes and other toiletries
Royal Jelly, which comes from bees and is used in cosmetics
Sable is the fur of the Sable Marten and used in make up brushes
Shellac is used in hair spray and lip sealer for shine. It is an insect secretion.
Sponge is often artificially produced but can come from the skeletons of sea animals
Squalene comes from shark liver and is used in cosmetics and toiletries
Stearic Acid, also used in cosmetics and toiletries is derived from the fat of sheep, cows or pigs, though a synthetic alternative is available
Spermaceti Wax is found in toiletries and cosmetics and is a waxy oil that comes from the head of the sperm whale and also from dolphins
Tallow is a hard fat taken from the kidneys of sheep and cattle. It’s used in soap and other cosmetics.
Tortoise oil and turtle oil extracted from internal organ fat of sea turtles
Urea is fairly common in creams and other cosmetics. It comes from the livers of various farmed animals.
Wax is used in some cosmetics and can come from plants or animals

Thanks to Catie for giving me the idea about this article.

Rabbit Cruelty at ASU

ForUsToBe — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:28:32 +0000

In classroom biology experiments at Arizona State University (ASU), hundreds of live frogs are cut open so that students can watch the animals’ hearts beat, and pregnant rats are killed so that students can dissect them and experiment on their organs. In other experiments, hundreds of rabbits have holes cut into their necks, are injected with various drugs, and are then killed.

Many non-animal methods are available to replace these cruel and outdated animal laboratories and have been shown to teach anatomy and physiology better than crude animal experiments.

Please take a minute of your time to urge Arizona State University to end these classroom animal experiments. Send an e-mail to Ernest Calderón, president of the Arizona Board of Regents, and politely ask him to replace these laboratories with some of the humane, non-animal teaching methods that are available and in use in physiology courses at other universities.

Calderon@azlex.com

How Can I Help?

ForUsToBe — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:28:13 +0000

Like many of us you are aware of the urgent need to reduce global CO2 emissions in order to slow the rate of climate change and protect the environment.

The scale of the problems we face can make many of us feel helpless, and yet each of us has the power to make changes in our lives that can have a meaningful impact on the future.

Less pollution

Depending on where and how it is produced the FAO estimates that the livestock industry is responsible for between 13.5 and 18 per cent of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In the UK livestock are responsible for around 8.5 per cent of GHG emissions. Some of these are from the methane emitted from livestock. Methane is 23 times more powerful as a global warming gas than carbon dioxide (CO2). Other emissions such as nitrous oxide come from the manure produced by ruminants and other animals such as poultry and pigs. Nitrous oxide – has 298 times the global warming potential of CO2. Still more GHGs come from the fertilisers used to grow animal feed, and from processing storage and transport of meat products as well as from the clearing of rainforest to make room for livestock. Beef is the most energy intensive of all the meats we eat. According to environmental group Greenpeace eating 1kg of beef (the average weekly intake of meats of all types in the UK is between 1kg and 1.6 kg) represents roughly the same greenhouse emissions as flying 100km of a flight, per passenger; this is twice the carbon footprint of eating pigs or poultry.

Researchers at the National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science in Tsukuba, Japan, agree. In 2007 they found that producing 1kg of beef results in greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to the amount of CO2 emitted by the average car over a distance of 250 kilometres.

Making a political statement

Politicians follow. They don’t lead. And because of meat’s association with affluence and the fear that asking people to eat less meat might make them unpopular, most politicians shy away form this issue. Unlike oil, the price of meat has remained relatively stable for many years. It is unlikely, due to the heavy subsidies given to livestock farmers, that big price rises will force consumers into eating less – in the way that they have been used to prod us into driving less. So the best hope for change lies in average people becoming more aware of the true costs of industrial meat production and taking action themselves.

Alleviating world hunger

Meat producers are hoping to double the global production of meat by 2050. But this is not inevitable – or desirable. Animals convert plant protein and energy into meat protein and energy inefficiently; it takes 8 kg of grain, for instance, to produce 1kg of beef. This means that anyone who consumes large amounts of meat – pretty much the whole of the industrialised world – may be consuming a disproportionate amounts of the world’s available nutrients.

Currently some 800 million people on the planet now suffer from hunger or malnutrition, while the majority of corn and soya grown in the world – which could be feeding them, goes to feed cattle, pigs and chickens. By some estimates 20 vegetarians can be fed on the amount of land needed to feed one person consuming a meat-based diet.

Growing crops to feed animals means there is less land on which to grow crops for humans. The knock-on effect of any increase in meat production is likely to reduce the land and resources available for producing other foodstuffs and push future food prices further beyond the limits of affordability for the world’s poorest people.

Better health

Most of us eat more meat and other protein rich foods than we need to stay healthy. In 2007 the World Cancer Research Fund report recommended limiting the consumption of red meats such as beef, pork ad lamb because of a ‘convincing’ link with colorectal cancer. Links have also been found between high meat diets and obesity and heart disease.

Remember also that climate change is a threat to our future health. As the world warms up it is likely that levels of air pollution, and thus allergies and respiratory diseases, will rise, as will the rate of infectious diseases.

Protecting animal rights

According to the Worldwatch Institute, globally some 56 billion animals are raised and slaughtered for food each year. Of these 67 per cent are grown on industrial ‘factory’ farms. Factory farms are sources of cruelty and waste on scales unimaginable to most of us. These facilities rely on commercial breeds of animals that gain weight quickly on unnatural diets of high-protein feeds. Here animals live in crowded, stressful and often unhygienic conditions. Many of the world’s 17 billion chickens, for instance, each live in an area that is less than the size of a sheet of paper. Cattle in such farms often stand knee-high in their own waste.

Under such conditions, animals are kept ‘healthy’ with regular doses of antibiotics – traces of which can remain in the meat we eat, and which have been associated with the rise in antibiotic resistant bacteria in animals and humans.

Pig Bomb Tests

ForUsToBe — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:16:48 +0000

Animal rights activists in the UK have criticised a government terrorism experiment which involved testing explosives on pigs.

Scientists wrapped eighteen pigs in Kevlar blankets and placed them several metres away from bombs to study how long they survived after serious blood loss, British newspaper the Telegraph reported.

Before the pigs were blown up they had tubes placed in their blood vessels and bladders and had their spleens removed.

But Liberal Democrat politician Norman Baker has challenged the use of the live animals in the experiment.

“It is perfectly possible to find out things we don’t know without blowing up pigs to find out.”

New techniques developed from the experiments were particularly useful “if there are mass casualties and evacuation to hospital is delayed”, he added.

Roadside bombs are the biggest threat facing British and international forces in Afghanistan and the homemade devices kill and maim troops on a daily basis. A total of 256 British troops have been killed in the country since 2001.

Britain has 9 500 service personnel in Afghanistan as part of more than 110 000 international troops fighting Taliban-led insurgents under US and Nato command.

Britain provided the second largest contingent of troops to the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, and ended combat operations in the country in April 2009.

Johnson & Johnson: Stop animal testing!

ForUsToBe — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:59:29 +0000

Animal testing is a cruel practice that confines animals like monkeys, rabbits, mice, rats, and even cats and dogs in small cages their entire lives. The ingredients used in these products are tested on the animals in a variety of ways including: dripped into eyes, smeared into cuts, injected, and fed to these animals. Animals feel pain, loneliness, and neglect and suffer both physically and mentally from this abuse.

We can make it stop. By reading this and writing to J&J you are:

encouraging Johnson & Johnson to become a cruelty-free company that refuses to conduct or commission any animal tests with any of their ingredients, formulations, or finished products
telling Johnson & Johnson you will not buy any of their products until they stop animal testing

Use this e-mail adress: jnjmediarelations@its.jnj.com

Or this Contact: contact

Utah Labs

ForUsToBe — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:54:35 +0000

For more than eight months in 2009, a PETA investigator worked undercover inside the laboratories of the University of Utah (UU) in Salt Lake City and documented miserable conditions for and terrible suffering of the dogs, cats, monkeys, rats, mice, rabbits, frogs, cows, pigs, and sheep confined there.

PETA investigator learned that homeless dogs and cats—obtained for a few dollars from area animal shelters through an archaic Utah state “pound-seizure” law, which requires government-funded shelters to turn animals over to laboratories that request them—were used in invasive, painful experiments and killed.

A pregnant cat pulled out of the Davis County animal shelter gave birth to eight kittens the very day she arrived at UU’s laboratories. When the kittens were just 7 days old, a chemical was injected into their brains to cause fluid to build up. After the surgery, the distressed cat—who showed great affection for her kittens before they were taken for the experiment—stopped nursing her babies, and they all died.

In other experiments, a cat named Robert, who was also bought from the Davis County animal shelter, had a hole drilled into his skull and electrodes attached to his brain, and dogs bought from a local shelter had their necks cut open so that medical devices could be implanted inside.

Mice and rats were given enormous tumors and painful, deadly illnesses. Rats had holes drilled into their skulls for invasive brain experiments. Monkeys were kept constantly thirsty so that they would cooperate in experiments for a sip of water. Sick and injured animals were denied veterinary care and left to languish and die.

Incompetence, indifference, and neglect forced many of the animals to endure severe trauma, prolonged suffering, and agonizingly slow and grisly deaths. These are only a few of the widespread instances of cruelty that PETA’s investigator observed at UU.

The Proggy Awards

ForUsToBe — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:49:55 +0000

The Proggy Awards are given to various animal-friendly companies, people, and products. Check out the winners:

Best Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Line: Urban Decay
This one wasn’t a surprise, since Urban Decay has always been strongly against animal testing. It also has vegan products clearly labeled, so it’s easy to avoid animal products altogether if you like.

Best Cruelty-Free Personal Care Product Line: White Rain
Whoa. Who saw this one coming? As it turns out, White Rain is another vegan line that doesn’t test on animals—proof that you don’t need a lot of cash to be a conscientious shopper.

Best Cruelty-Free Personal Care Product: Max Green Alchemy Scalp Rescue Shampoo
I hadn’t heard of this shampoo, but it sounds pretty cool. As PETA says, they’re not only “vegan and cruelty-free, they are also free of parabens, PVP, and other mysterious petrochemicals.” Good times.

To see who scored points in food, entertainment, and religion (yep, religion!) stay in touch .

Black List

ForUsToBe — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:19:12 +0000

Bausch & Lomb
Beiersdorf (Atrix, Eucerin, La Prairie, Labello, Nivea)
Chesebrough-Ponds (Cutex, Faberg, Vaseline)
Church & Dwight (Lady’s Choice, Nair)
Colgate-Palmolive Co. (Ajax, Fab, Hills Pet Nutrition, Mennen Co., Palmolive, SoftSoap, Speed Stick)
Gillette Co. (Braun, Duracell, Flair, Liquid Paper, Oral-B, Parker Pens)
Glaxo Smith Kline (Aquafresh, Binaca, Nicorette, Sensodyne, Strep)
Henkel (Bref, Clin, Kaloderma, Opti, Persil, Perwoll, Pril, Pur, Rex, Silan, Solea, Somat, Weisser Riese, Schwarzkopf & Henkel-Bac, Fa, Krizia, Palette, Poly, Schauma, Sergio Tacchini, Taft, Vademecum, Vision)
Johnson & Johnson (Aveeno, Clean & Clear, Neutrogena, ROC)
Kimberly-Clark Corp. (Cottonelle, Huggies, Kleenex, Kotex, Pull-Ups, Scott Paper)
L’Oréal (Anais Anais, Bilage, Biotherm Cosmetics & Skin Care, Cacharel, Garnier, Giorgio Armani, Helena Rubinstein, Lancôme, Logics, Matrix Essentials, Maybelline, Ombrelle, Ralph Lauren Fragrances, Redken, Soft Sheen, Vichy, Vital Nutrients)
Nina Ricci
Pfizer (Plax)
Pliva (Venotrex)
Procter & Gamble Co. – P&G (Alfred Dunhill, Alldays, Always, Anna Sui, Antikal, Ariel, Atkinsons, Attends, Bess, Blend-a-Dent, Blend-a-Gum, Blend-a-Med, Blendax Anti Belag, Bogner, Bold, Bruno Banani, Camay, Carrera, Certina, Certina Med, Charles Jourdan, Cheer, Chiemsee, Chlorhexamed, Cindy Crawford, Clearasil, Comet, Cover Girl make up, Crest, Dash, Daymed, Ellen Betrix, Escada, Extase, Fairy, Firmodent, Gabriela Sabatini, Gabriele Strehle, Galileo, Gerry Weber, Ghost, Gillette Series, Giorgio Beverly Hills, Globe, Gucci, Head & Shoulders, Henry M Betrix, Herbal Essences, Hervé Léger, Hugo Boss, Ivory, Jean Patou, Lacoste, Laura Biagiotti, Lenor, Luvs, Marc O’Polo, Max Factor make up, Max Mara, Medinait, Meister Proper, Mexx, Mont Blanc, Muelhens, Naomi Campbell, Naturella, Oil of Olaz, Old Spice, Otto Kern, Pampers, Pantene, Pantene Pro-V, Pringles Chips, Priscilla Presley, Procter & Gamble, Puma, Rochas, Scannon, Secret Deodorant, Shulton, Sir, Spic & Span, Sumatra, Sure, Tempo, Tide, Tom Tailor, Tosca, Trussardi, Valentino, Vidal Sassoon, Wash & Go, The Wella Corporation-Sebastian, Wick, Wick Vaporub, Yardley, Yohji Yamamoto, Zest)
Reckitt Benckiser (Airwick, Ava, Calgon, Calgonit, Easy Off, Fibish, Harpic, Lysol, Mop & Glo, Old English, Resolve, Spray ‘N Wash, Vanish, Veet, Woolite, Coty-Adidas, Calgon, Calvin Klein, Celine Dion, Cerruti, Chipie, Chloé, Chopard, Cindy Adams, Club Med, David Beckham, Davidoff, Esprit, Glow, The Healing Garden, Isabella Rossellini, Jennifer Lopez, Jette Joop, Jill Sander, JOOP!, Jovan, Kenneth Cole, Kimora Lee Simmons, Lagerfeld, Lancaster, Marc Jacobs, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Miss Sixty, Monsoon, Nautica, Nikos, Parera, Pierre Cardin, Rimmel, Roland Garros, Roots, Sarah Jessica Parker, Stetson, Vera Wang, Vivienne Westwood)
S.C. Johnson (Drano, Edge, Fantastik, Glade, OFF!, Oust, Pledge, Scrubbing Bubbles, Shout, Skintimate, Windex, Ziploc)
SCA Hygiene Products AB
Schering-Plough (Bain de Soleil, Coppertone, Dr. Scholl’s)
Shiseido Cosmetics
Unilever (Axe, Calvin Klein, Cerruti parfemi, Chloe, Cif, Diversey, Domestos, Dove, Elida Gibbs, Elizabeth Arden, Fabergé, Finesse, Helene Curtis, Henry Cotton’s, Impulse, Lagerfeld parfumes, Lever Bros, Lux, Max Azria, Omo, Rexona, Signal, Suave, Sunsilk, Valentino parfumes)

White And Gray List

ForUsToBe — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:16:00 +0000

White List

Companies with Humane Cosmetics Standard (HCS)

* Aubrey Organics (HCS)
* Freeman Cosmetics Corp. (HCS)
* Helan (HCS)
* Juice Beauty (HCS)
* L’Erbolario (HCS)
* L’Occitane (HCS)
* Melvita (HCS)
* Montagne Jeunesse (HCS)
* Paul Mitchell (HCS)
* Too Faced Cosmetics (HCS)
* Urtekram (HCS)

Companies who gave the statement that they do not test on animals

* Annyer
* AquaSource (Natural BEING Skin Care)
* Argital
* Atea (Elements Natura)
* Atlantic Grupa (Neva-Melem, Plidenta, Rosal, Soleval)
* Avon
* Bioaromatica (Aromatica)
* BioMelissa
* Biovitalis (Bioherbal, Herba Mare)
* Damjana (Classic)
* ESI
* Eudermic
* Farmaceutici Dottor Ciccarelli (Cera di Cupra)
* Forever Living Products
* Fran Wilson Cosmetics / Beauty Solutions, Ltd (L de L Retinol Cosmetics)
* Frenchtop Natural Care Products (Hennaplus)
* Ginger cosmetics (M’Claire)
* Hans Hansel (AquaBio, Logona, Sante)
* JADRAN Galenski laboratorij (Adrience, Holyplant, SMM, Suncobran, Pantexol)
* John Masters Organics
* Kozmetika Afrodita
* Laboratorij Dr. Dzanic (Hygieia, Mirisija)
* Labud
* Lagorda (Kron)
* Lavanda
* Lavera
* Lek Kozmetika (Amai, Green Line)
* LiceGuard
* Lush
* Meteor
* Miki
* Milla (Issa, Lee, Naily, Rea)
* Oleal
* Olival
* Olivella
* Oriflame
* Polena
* Primavera Life
* Priroda lijeci (Nikel)
* Ritual Cosmetics
* Sapio (Ulola)
* Saponia (Arf, Biokativ, Brinell, Di Sunprotection, Faks Helizim, Frutella, ID, Kaina, Lahor, Likvi, Nila, Ornel, Plavi Radion, Rubel, Tipso, Vim, Zirodent)
* Saxa (Aromatéka)
* Sinclair & Valentine
* TIGI Haircare (Bed Head, Body, Catwalk)
* TITANIA Fabrik
* Wala (Dr. Hauschka Skin Care)
* Weleda
* Zana kozmetika

Gray List

The list of companies that insufficiently or not at all replied to our questionnaire on their testing policy and which do not care about the ingredients they purchase.

* abalico cosmetic conceptionals
* AGGF Cosmetic Group
* Ales Groupe*
* alessandro International
* Alfaparf Milano
* ALKALOID AD Skopje
* Alman Group (Roug)
* Altea (Naturerbe)
* Amway
* Arkopharma
* ARTDECO cosmetic
* Artsana (Chicco, Korff)
* Athena’s (Frutti del sole)
* Australian Gold
* Basis
* Bausch & Lomb World Headquarters
* Baylis & Harding
* Benetton Group
* Biofarm
* Biokozmetika (Cupko)*
* Biosline
* BIPA Parfümerien
* Blistex*
* body cosmetics international
* Bourjois
* Brac fini sapuni
* Burnus
* California Tan Inc.
* Carita
* CarlodiRoma
* Carma Laboratories, Inc.*
* Chanel
* Clarins*
* Collistar
* Consulta-Belgium
* Corsair Toiletries
* Cosmetics Carla
* Cosmopolitan Cosmetics
* Cosnova
* De Lauriel*
* Deborah Group*
* Decleor
* Dior Cosmetics
* DM – Drogerie Markt (Alana, Alverde, Babylove, Balea, Dontodent, Ebelin, Jessa, Profissimo, Réell’e, S-he stylezone, Saugstark+sicher, Sundance)*
* Dessange
* Doetsch Grether
* Donna Karan
* Dr. BABOR
* DR. GRANDEL Group of Companies (Phyris Cosmetics)
* Dr. Irena Eris Cosmetic Laboratories
* Dr. Scheller Cosmetics (Apotheker Scheller, Manhattan)
* Dr. Theiss Naturwaren
* Enliven
* Erdal-Rex (Frosch, Rorax)
* Erkul Cosmetics
* Estée Lauder Companies/Laboratories Darphin*
* Eugene Perma
* Euroitalia
* Eurokotra (Nicole)
* Eveline Cosmetics
* Fairness (Gelcap, Genera)
* Formasana
* FM COSMETICS UK
* Frédéric Fekkai & Company
* French Soaps
* Gaba
* Gatineau
* Gea (Basilicum)*
* GNLD
* Gosh Cosmetics
* Gruppo Kemon
* Guaber
* Guerlain Parfumes*
* Haus Schaeben**
* Herbalife Plaza
* HiPP
* Ilirija
* Insako (Nimfea)*
* Ismeg (Brambles and Moor, Brutia, Frais Monde)
* Jago-Pro
* Joico
* JUST Ulrich Jüstrich AG
* Kanebo International
* Kao Brands Company
* Keune Haircosmetics*
* Kneipp-Werke
* Krka (Corident, Fitoval, Sun Mix, Vitaskin)
* L’Angelica Instituto Erboristico
* Laboratoire Nuxe
* Laboratoires LIERAC
* Laboratoires Omega Pharma France
* Laboratoiers Physcience
* Laboratoires Pierre Fabre (Avene, Ducray, Galenic)
* Lacote/Guam
* M. Kappus
* Manetti & Roberts (Neutro Roberts)
* Mann & Schröder (Fruttini)
* MAVALA International SA
* Medipharma Homburg
* Micys Company (Pupa)
* Mirato
* Murad
* Müller Ltd. & Co.
* Müster e Dikson Service*
* NARS Cosmetics
* Nestlé Nutrition (Bübchen)
* OPI Products
* Paglieri Profumi/Selectiva (Aqualina, Cleo, Felce Azzurra, Felce Azzura Natura, Labrosan)
* Paloma Dead Sea (Jericho Cosmetics)
* Parfums Givenchy*
* Pharmachem
* Phytomer
* Plias
* PPR
* Quidnovi
* Rainbow Cosmetics
* Research & Development Merz Consumer Care
* Revlon (Almay, Jean Naté)
* Rolland
* Rufin cosmetic*
* SanoViva
* Sara Lee Household & Body Care* (Ambi Pur, Badedas, Catch, Delial, Depilzero, Fissan, Glysolid, Kiwi, Quenty)
* Sebapharma
* Soraya
* Sothys
* Spirig Pharma Ltd.
* Stargazer
* Straub (Bettina Barty)
* Tanalize Cosmetics
* Tehnochem (Kancilja)*
* Thalgo
* Trind Cosmetics
* Unim
* Upper Canada Soap & Candle Makers
* Village Cosmetics
* Wilkinson Sword
* Yves Rocher
* Zepter International
* ZnO

Legend

*Claim that their products are not tested on animals, but they sent only a general reply

**Refused to answer our questionnaire