{"id":39107,"date":"2014-02-03T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=39107"},"modified":"2015-05-05T22:11:10","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T21:11:10","slug":"victory-india-ends-tests-on-animals-for-household-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2014\/02\/victory-india-ends-tests-on-animals-for-household-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Victory! India Ends Tests on Animals for Household Products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>India has decided to end tests on animals for household products following a campaign by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.petaindia.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\">PETA India<\/a>,\u00a0with support from PETA and PETA U.K. scientists as well as members of the Indian Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>This decision comes from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) following efforts by PETA India\u2019s science policy adviser, Dr. Chaitanya Koduri, the only representative from an animal-protection group to sit on the BIS committee on household products.<\/p>\n<p>The committee decided to replace a skin sensitization test\u2014which is currently performed by rubbing harsh chemicals into guinea pigs\u2019 shaved skin\u2014with non-animal testing methods, followed by human skin patch tests. This move will end all animal-poisoning tests for cleaners, detergents, and other common household products in India.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes on the heels of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peta.org\/media\/news-releases\/victory-india-ends-animal-testing-cosmetics-following-peta-india-campaign\/\" >India\u2019s decision last year to end tests on animals for cosmetics<\/a>\u00a0following a PETA India campaign.\u00a0India is now the second nation, after Israel, to end tests on animals for both cosmetics and household products.<\/p>\n<p>More than <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/features.peta.org\/cruelty-free-company-search\/index.aspx\" >1,300 companies<\/a> refuse to harm any animals for their products anywhere in the world. You can show your support for compassionate, cruelty-free companies by using <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peta.org\/living\/beauty\/order-cruelty-free-shopping-guide\/\" >PETA\u2019s brand-new global Cruelty-Free Shopping Guide<\/a> every time you shop.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peta.org\/blog\/india-ends-animal-testing-household-products\/?utm_campaign=India%20Household%20Testing&amp;utm_source=PETA%20E-Mail&amp;utm_medium=Alert\" >Go to Original \u2013 peta.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A skin sensitization test that is currently performed by rubbing harsh chemicals into guinea pigs\u2019 shaved skin was replaced with non-animal testing methods. This move will end all animal-poisoning tests for cleaners, detergents, and other common household products in India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[170],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animal-rights-vegetarianism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}