ecouterre.com
04 Sep '12, 6pm
PETA Becomes Part Owner of Revlon, Attempts to Uncover Animal-Testing Policies
has just gained an unlikely shareholder: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals , a result of the cosmetics giant’s caginess over its involvement in animal testing in China, according to the animal-rights group. Now that PETA has purchased stock in the company, it’ll be able to attend annual shareholder meetings and submit resolutions calling for transparency in Revlon’s animal-testing policies. “Since Revlon won’t come clean to consumers, maybe it’ll answer a shareholder,” says Tracy Reiman, PETA’s executive vice president in a statement. “If the company is breaking its 1989 ban on poisoning animals, we will find out in the boardroom, if necessary, and then shout it from the rooftop.”
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