ANIMAL FORUM

>Adam Vaughan writes
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>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.
>

> 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

>... 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.

> 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.

> 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.
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> 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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