A new ban takes effect January 1st, 2023 in New York.
That measure prevents manufacturing of cosmetics that have leveraged animal testing in the state.
Advocacy groups have called for the practice to be outlawed by state government for years.
States like California, Illinois, Hawaii, Maryland, and a handful of others around New York have similar restrictions in place.
The measure also prevents the sale of cosmetics that have used animal testing.
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