Ripe's video: Nevada Joins California In Outlawing Animal Tested Cosmetics

For years, cosmetic animal testing has been a widely disputed practice, both in the vegan community and outside of it... Thousands of makeup brands have changed their animal testing policies to become cruelty-free, while others were created with the intention of being vegan and cruelty-free from the start. Despite all this progress, the U.S. wasn’t doing any internal work to curtail animal cruelty. Until now. Last month, Nevada became the second state in the United States to ban the sale of cosmetics that have been tested on animals. The ban will go into effect on January 1, 2020. California paved the way when it passed a similar ban last year, which will go into effect on the same day. Several other states have taken the initial steps to ban animal testing, such as Illinois, whose bill is currently on the governor’s desk, and Hawaii, where the bill will go to Senate next year. As exciting as these changes are, they aren’t helping animals on all counts. The bills include exemptions for brands that use animal testing to meet federal, state or foreign regulatory requirements. In other words, brands that sell products in China, where animal testing is required by law, are still allowed to sell in these states. Consumers who want to do their part in fighting animal cruelty can continue to research and only purchase products that are Leaping Bunny-certified, which is the gold standard in cruelty free certification, as well as looking at PETA’s, or People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’s catalog of cruelty free brands to support. More and more companies are joining the ranks. Ripe is a 100% independent media production company dedicated to bringing the fringe plant-based lifestyle mainstream with original video content, documentaries and series. SUBSCRIBE HERE: https://www.youtube.com/ripewatch CHECK US OUT: Ripewatch.com FOLLOW RIPE: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ripewatch Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ripewatch Twitter: https://twitter.com/ripewatch