There’s good news from Brazil: the Chamber of Deputies has just approved a bill banning cosmetic testing on live vertebrates. A historic move that promises to spare countless rabbits, guinea pigs, and mice from having corrosive chemicals rubbed into their eyes and skin, or forced down their throats. If signed by the president, Brazil will join a growing list of countries rejecting the archaic notion that animals exist to be tested on for our vanity.
Brazil moves forward — but only so far
