The Humane Cosmetics Act
Tests conducted on rabbits, mice, rats and guinea pigs place the profits of companies making lipstick, deodorant, shampoo and other products over the lives of these animals. To think that animal experiments are still legal in the United States in 2020, when non-animal alternatives already exist, is heartbreaking. Thankfully, our friends and colleagues at the Humane Society of the United States have sponsored legislation to put an end to this inhumane practice.
Will you email your Representative today and urge them to support the Humane Cosmetics Act?
This bill would end cosmetics testing on animals in the United States. Nearly 40 countries and three states have banned this archaic practice, including Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, Israel, India, every country in the European Union, as well as California, Illinois and Nevada. And for the first time, the cosmetics industry joined us in supporting this legislation enhancing its possible passage.
To find your representative, please click here and to email them, click their name below or email directly from the search page.
- Mike Levin, 49th Congressional District (Current Co-sponsor, please see alternative email language)
- Please note that the 50th Congressional District is currently vacant
- Juan Vargas, 51st Congressional District
- Scott Peters, 52nd Congressional District
- Susan Davis, 53rd Congressional District (Current co-sponsor, please see alternative email language)
Email Your Representative
INSTRUCTIONS: Choose the Congressmember you would like to contact and then select and copy the corresponding letter. Paste the letter into the body of your email. Finally, fill in the Congressmember’s name, your name and add any personal notes before you send.
Suggested email language for Representatives Vargas and Peters:
Juan Vargas
51st Congressional District
Scott Peters
52nd Congressional District
Dear Congressmember [Last Name],
Please join your San Diego area colleagues Representatives Levin and Davis in supporting the humane treatment of animals by co-authoring H.R. 5141, the Humane Cosmetics Act.
Animals in the U.S. continue to suffer and die in experiments to test cosmetics like lipstick, deodorant and shampoo. The Humane Cosmetics Act (H.R. 5141) will end this unnecessary cruelty by prohibiting animal testing for all cosmetic products manufactured or sold in the U.S.
Alternatives to animal testing already exist: Humane, safe cosmetics can be created using thousands of existing ingredients, and several non-animal methods are already available to test new ingredients. These advanced scientific technologies are often cheaper, faster and more relevant to humans making them more reliable predictors of safety than archaic animal tests.
Your support of this landmark legislation is so greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Your Name
Alternative email language for Representatives Levin and Davis, current co-sponsors:
Mike Levin
49th Congressional District
Susan Davis
53rd Congressional District
Dear Congressmember [Last Name],
Thank you so much for your support of the humane treatment of animals by co-authoring H.R. 5141, the Humane Cosmetics Act.
Animals in the U.S. continue to suffer and die in experiments to test cosmetics like lipstick, deodorant and shampoo. The Humane Cosmetics Act (H.R. 5141) will end this unnecessary cruelty by prohibiting animal testing for all cosmetic products manufactured or sold in the U.S.
Alternatives to animal testing already exist: Humane, safe cosmetics can be created using thousands of existing ingredients, and several non-animal methods are already available to test new ingredients. These advanced scientific technologies are often cheaper, faster and more relevant to humans making them more reliable predictors of safety than archaic animal tests.
Your support of this landmark legislation is so greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Your Name
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