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Mr Tom Viner, CBE
Vice Chairman
L'Oreal (UK) Ltd
255 Hammersmith Road
London
W6 8AZ
Dear Mr Viner
I am writing to ask
L'Oreal to adopt a fixed cut-off date animal testing policy for all products
and ingredients.
I am appalled that your
company still uses animal-tested ingredients - you must know the general public
revulsion surrounding the use of animals to test cosmetics.
Since 1976, the European
Union has battled to outlaw such testing but the continual failure of L'Oreal
and the cosmetics industry to adopt alternative non-animal testing is deplorable.
I am also writing to
inform you that until L'Oreal adopt a fixed cut-off date animal testing policy,
I shall be boycotting all L'Oreal products. I will also be boycotting the products
made by L'Oreal subsidiary companies and the major shareholder in L'Oreal -
Nestle.
It is well recognised
that the fixed cut-off date policy is the most desirable option from the point
of view of abolishing animal testing. This policy means that a company will
refuse to use any new ingredient tested on animals after a chosen date. In this
way, current and future animal data will not be employed.
Therefore, I am not
prepared to give any of the L'Oreal companies any of my money from which to
profit until L'Oreal and all subsidiary companies have adopted a fixed cut-off
date animal testing policy.
Yours sincerely
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