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"Today we have voted on a important issue. Eight thousand ingredients have already been tested and are available for use in industry, and I believe it was essential to reject cosmetic testing on animals.
Some have put forward the public health argument in opposition to the amendments prohibiting these tests, but it must be reiterated that on no account can the results of tests carried out on animals automatically be considered valid for human beings. This is a genetic and scientific fact which would have serious consequences in just ten or twenty years.
I am saying this not just as an animal lover but out of respect for living creatures.
The fundamental question is, in fact, how much we are capable of sacrificing to the myths of eternal life, eternal beauty and eternal youth. This is essentially a philosophical and humanistic question which is currently one of a number of concerns our people want politicians to address
The debates on globalisation, large corporations and their profits and the respect for and dignity of all human beings reflect similar concerns."@en1
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