AUGUSTA The Maine Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business unanimously passed last week LD 1551, An Act To Ban the Sale of Cosmetics That Have Been Tested on Animals.
LD 1551, introduced by Representative Vicki Doudera, D-Camden, prohibits manufacturers from selling or offering to sell cosmetics in Maine that are developed or manufactured using animal testing.
According to the Humane Society of the United States, advocates have been working to address cosmetic testing on animals since the late 1970s, a news release stated.
The European Union began the global trend toward eliminating animal testing in 2013, creating the world’s largest cruelty-free cosmetics marketplace, per the release.
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In Congress, a bill was recently introduced that would add PFAS to the federal list of hazardous substances and set a national drinking water standard, among other changes.
Maine Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins are among a group of lawmakers that have petitioned the Biden administration to divert some of the $1.9 trillion in recently signed pandemic stimulus package to be expended on PFAS contamination.
Gov. Janet Mills wrote to the state s congressional delegation and the EPA earlier this month asking federal regulators to provide more money and support to the state to help it deal with PFAS contamination.
She also called for adding the chemicals to the EPA s list of hazardous substances and for setting maximum contaminant levels in drinking water.