Ban on Cruel Products in the European Union

In 2009 the European Union is banning the sale of all products tested on animals. Is that fantastic or what? This ban does not just restrict animal testing from being conducted in the European Union, but means that companies cannot sell products that were tested on animals anywhere in the world in the participating countries.

Being a resident of United States of America, it really upsets me that we are not jumping on this bandwagon. Argh! Banning animal testing would not compromise our capitalist system of government. Companies would still be free to compete, experiment, and work in their own best interests. Banning animal testing would just be a protection for those who can't speak for themselves, it would protect the innocent in much the same way that child labor laws, or the implementation of minimum wage helped workers. I wonder what it is that we are waiting for here in the states?

On a happier note though, the ban on animal testing in the European Union is likely to encourage European countries to cease and desist their animal testing, and will most likely mean that products made by European countries and sold here in the states would be cruelty-free as well. Unless of course companies wish to continue animal testing, for some unknown reason, simply to sell to nations that are not a part of the European Union. Hopefully this will not prove to be the case.