Elizabeth Arden: #ComeClean about Animal Tests

The Issue

More and more cosmetics companies have stopped using animal tests. But Elizabeth Arden continues to use or pay for outdated test methods that cause animal suffering and fail to protect public health. It’s time for Arden to #ComeClean. www.ArdenComeClean.org

Experimenters shove animals face-first into tubes no larger than their bodies and force them to breathe fragrances. The animals are kept in the tubes four to six hours daily for up to three months while experimenters look for signs of toxicity such as paralysis and death. No painkillers are provided. Arden says it doesn’t perform animal tests, “except in the rare instances in which it’s required by law.” But Arden sells in China and Brazil, countries that frequently and clearly require animal testing for most cosmetics ingredients.

These tests don’t protect humans. In 150 human clinical trials of inflammatory diseases (including asthma, which can be triggered by some fragrances), 100 percent of drugs developed using mice failed.

Tell Arden to #ComeClean on www.Twitter.com. Sample tweet: Hey @ElizabethArden, it's time to #ComeClean about animal testing & protect public health! http://ht.ly/pBZak #UntoldArden

For more information visit www.ArdenComeClean.org.

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Physicans Committee's Kristie Sullivan, MPHPetition StarterDirector of regulatory testing issues with background in toxicology. Promotes alternatives to the use of animals in research and assists in the review of and preparation of comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s High Production Volume Chemical Challenge Program (HPV). Also coordinates PCRM’s efforts as Secretariat of the International Council on Animal Protection in OECD Programmes (ICAPO).
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The Issue

More and more cosmetics companies have stopped using animal tests. But Elizabeth Arden continues to use or pay for outdated test methods that cause animal suffering and fail to protect public health. It’s time for Arden to #ComeClean. www.ArdenComeClean.org

Experimenters shove animals face-first into tubes no larger than their bodies and force them to breathe fragrances. The animals are kept in the tubes four to six hours daily for up to three months while experimenters look for signs of toxicity such as paralysis and death. No painkillers are provided. Arden says it doesn’t perform animal tests, “except in the rare instances in which it’s required by law.” But Arden sells in China and Brazil, countries that frequently and clearly require animal testing for most cosmetics ingredients.

These tests don’t protect humans. In 150 human clinical trials of inflammatory diseases (including asthma, which can be triggered by some fragrances), 100 percent of drugs developed using mice failed.

Tell Arden to #ComeClean on www.Twitter.com. Sample tweet: Hey @ElizabethArden, it's time to #ComeClean about animal testing & protect public health! http://ht.ly/pBZak #UntoldArden

For more information visit www.ArdenComeClean.org.

avatar of the starter
Physicans Committee's Kristie Sullivan, MPHPetition StarterDirector of regulatory testing issues with background in toxicology. Promotes alternatives to the use of animals in research and assists in the review of and preparation of comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s High Production Volume Chemical Challenge Program (HPV). Also coordinates PCRM’s efforts as Secretariat of the International Council on Animal Protection in OECD Programmes (ICAPO).

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Scott Beattie
Scott Beattie
CEO, Elizabeth Arden

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Petition created on October 3, 2013