Cruelty-free Paint
04/22/2008 12:22 PM by Gretchen Schauffler
SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2008,
HOUSE PAINT IS EVIL
So I’ve been reading up on paint that’s been tested on animals (thanks to Michael for bringing this to my attention!). Apparently, a lot of house paints have been tested on animals. I had absolutely no idea. For example, here’s the safety data for Behr white paint #1050 — it lists all the animal tests that were done on this paint alone. They are REALLY appalling.
Unfortunately, the Coalition for Consumer Information in Cosmetics, my usual go-to source for 100%-animal-testing-free cosmetics/household products, does not certify paint products. It just certifies cosmetics/household products. So, this makes finding 100%-animal-testing-free paints a little tricky. Basically it means that there are no paint companies that make their suppliers pledge to give them animal-testing-free ingredients. Even if I find a paint company that swears it never commissions tests on animals, this doesn’t mean its products are 100%-animal-testing-free. It means the finished products have not been tested on animals, but the initial ingredients that went into those paints may well have been sourced from companies that do test on animals. So this makes those paints about . . . 50%-animal-testing-free by my reckoning. But I’ll just have to live with that. 50%-animal-testing-free is a heck of a lot better than Behr-100%-cruelly-tested-on-animals paint.
So, here are the bunch of brands of paints that are 50%-animal-testing-free!: Devine Color Paint (USA) (vegan) Anna Sova paints (USA) (not vegan) Ecos paints (UK) (vegan) Ecopaints (mostly vegan paints) (UK) Earthborn paints (mostly vegan paints) (UK) BioPaints — some vegan paints, some not (NZ) Amma Earth Paints (Australia)
(If you know of any other paint companies that don’t test on animals, please drop me a line and I’ll add them to this list. If you’ve tried any of these paints, could you please write a fully detailed review of that paint in a comment to this post? You know — how was dealing with the company, was the color selection good, did the paints appear to be high-quality, what did the paints look, smell, and feel like, were they overly expensive or a good value, did they last a long time or peel off the walls immediately, and, out of a possible five stars, how many stars would you give them? That sort of thing. I don’t intend to paint anything for at least another five years (or ever again, if I can help it), so I’m not going to write a product review of any of these in the near future, so I’d appreciate any information on these paints
POSTED BY EMILY AT 9:18 PM
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