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  Sorry to disagree Bern, but this petition is the sort of rubbish that gets propagated on the web, high on emotion, devoid of facts and probably based on Chinese whispers if you'll pardon the pun - from someone who uses this image as her avatar, quite a few cosmetics on show here -
  
  

  

  
  
  
  I've just been having a look on the web to try to find the facts and it's nothing like portrayed above.
  
  Here is the EU legislation on cosmetic testing passed in 2009 which will become effective next year, 151 pages to digest before you continue -
  
  http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:342:0059:0209:en:PDF
  
  
  Here is a simple overview in 21 pages of the system in China where there are already 15649 approved ingredients -
  
  http://www.cirs-reach.com/Cosmetics_Registration/Imported_Cometics_Regulation__Registration_China_Hygience_License_CIQ_Label.pdf
  
  
  And here's a couple of pages overview of the CONSULTATION on changes which involve reclassification of some substance from cosmetics to special cosmetics i.e. things like hair restorers which interfere with you normal metabolism -
  
  http://www.cirs-reach.com/news/China_SFDA_consults_on_re-classification_of_cosmetics_and_adjustment_of_registration_%20requirements.html
  
  And if your Mandarin's up to it here's the info from the Chinese State Food and Drug Administration -
  
  http://www.sda.gov.cn/WS01/CL0781/69195.html

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