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PostPosted: 2007-11-15 18:40:00
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Adam Vaughan writes

http://tinyurl.com/27ceca
A refusal to agree a cut-off date for animal testing has left green
cleaning brand Ecover stripped of its Vegan Society logo, according to
a recent joint statement.

The Belgian companys biodegradable and phosphate-free products -
which include washing-up liquid, washing powder and more - are tested
on water fleas and rabbit blood to detect danger, respectively, to
aquatic life and human skin.

While the EU definition of animal testing doesnt include
invertebrates such as water fleas, the Vegan Societys founding
criteria does.

The main sticking point between the charity and eco cleaning business
was Ecovers refusal to submit to a cut-off date for specific products
to be free of animal-tested products.

Instead, the green cleaning co is continuing a five year rolling
rule (more on Ecovers site here) that means although it pledges not
to use todays animal-tested ingredients in its products for the next
five years, it could theoretically include them in 2013.

Remaining stocks of Ecover products will continue to bear the Vegan
Society logo, but new ones will not carry it. The society says: We
hope Ecover will continue to develop non-animal test methods and
environmentally sound products which will enable us to work together
again in the future.

Lisa Drummy of Beanies Health Foods suggests: Ecover may soon find
themselves the subjects of a mass boycott by ethical, animal friendly
shoppers.

Ecover, in its defence, points out that only 0.5ml of rabbit blood is
used to test one new product, and the shortage of human red blood
cells makes the use of human blood unethical.












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PostPosted: 2007-11-15 18:50:24
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On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:40:00 +0000, Gloria
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>Adam Vaughan writes
>
>http://tinyurl.com/27ceca
>A refusal to agree a cut-off date for animal testing has left green
>cleaning brand Ecover stripped of its Vegan Society logo, according to
>a recent joint statement.
>
>The Belgian companys biodegradable and phosphate-free products -
>which include washing-up liquid, washing powder and more - are tested
>on water fleas and rabbit blood to detect danger, respectively, to
>aquatic life and human skin.
>
>While the EU definition of animal testing doesnt include
>invertebrates such as water fleas, the Vegan Societys founding
>criteria does.
>
>The main sticking point between the charity and eco cleaning business
>was Ecovers refusal to submit to a cut-off date for specific products
>to be free of animal-tested products.
>
>Instead, the green cleaning co is continuing a five year rolling
>rule (more on Ecovers site here) that means although it pledges not
>to use todays animal-tested ingredients in its products for the next
>five years, it could theoretically include them in 2013.
>
>Remaining stocks of Ecover products will continue to bear the Vegan
>Society logo, but new ones will not carry it. The society says: We
>hope Ecover will continue to develop non-animal test methods and
>environmentally sound products which will enable us to work together
>again in the future.
>
>Lisa Drummy of Beanies Health Foods suggests: Ecover may soon find
>themselves the subjects of a mass boycott by ethical, animal friendly
>shoppers.
>
>Ecover, in its defence, points out that only 0.5ml of rabbit blood is
>used to test one new product, and the shortage of human red blood
>cells makes the use of human blood unethical.
>

Some interesting comments on it as well.

Just 0.5ml! Couldn


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PostPosted: 2007-11-16 09:54:06
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Gloria wrote in message
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> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:40:00 +0000, Gloria
> wrote:
> Some interesting comments on it as well.
>
> Just 0.5ml! Couldnt an employee just prick their finger and be done
> with it?
>
> Will White 14th August 2007 at 10:52am

I guess Will didnt read the statement..

>... this year Ecovers CEO, Mick Bremans, is voluntarily
> donating his own blood as an alternative. Thus Ecover conforms to the
> standards set by the vegan community.

The real issue is this one..

> causded Ecover to lose its Vegan status but also its decision to use
> the five year rolling rule in animal testing. This is the ultimate
> get out rule and is used by many of the large corporations who
> pretend (to confuse consumers) that they do not test on animals.
> Basically it means that they can use any product to test that was
> animal tested five years ago. It is a fudge, no more than that and
> hardly ethical. This is a further explanation of it.


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PostPosted: 2007-11-16 19:38:56
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Gloria wrote in message
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> Adam Vaughan writes
>
> http://tinyurl.com/27ceca
> A refusal to agree a cut-off date for animal testing has left green
> cleaning brand Ecover stripped of its Vegan Society logo, according to
> a recent joint statement.
>
> The Belgian companys biodegradable and phosphate-free products -
> which include washing-up liquid, washing powder and more - are tested
> on water fleas and rabbit blood to detect danger, respectively, to
> aquatic life and human skin.
>
> While the EU definition of animal testing doesnt include
> invertebrates such as water fleas, the Vegan Societys founding
> criteria does.
>
> The main sticking point between the charity and eco cleaning business
> was Ecovers refusal to submit to a cut-off date for specific products
> to be free of animal-tested products.
>
> Instead, the green cleaning co is continuing a five year rolling
> rule (more on Ecovers site here) that means although it pledges not
> to use todays animal-tested ingredients in its products for the next
> five years, it could theoretically include them in 2013.
>
> Remaining stocks of Ecover products will continue to bear the Vegan
> Society logo, but new ones will not carry it. The society says: We
> hope Ecover will continue to develop non-animal test methods and
> environmentally sound products which will enable us to work together
> again in the future.
>
> Lisa Drummy of Beanies Health Foods suggests: Ecover may soon find
> themselves the subjects of a mass boycott by ethical, animal friendly
> shoppers.
>
> Ecover, in its defence, points out that only 0.5ml of rabbit blood is
> used to test one new product, and the shortage of human red blood
> cells makes the use of human blood unethical.
>
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