BEYOND SKIN DEEP
May 06, 2022
4 minutes
It’s not difficult to find beauty products stamped with a bunny logo, which denotes a cruelty‑free status. While there is no legal definition of the term, “cruelty‑free” is widely accepted to mean that neither the product nor its ingredients have been tested on animals. And while it may seem that the removal of animal testing from a product’s safety trials is a very recent development, the concept actually has its roots in the 19th century.
A BRIEF HISTORY
It all started with one Frances Power Cobbe—journalist, philanthropist, activist and women’s rights campaigner. During her travels through Europe in 1863, she came into contact with the mistreatment of
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