Stream2Sea’s Cruelty Free Statement

Stream2Sea does not test, and has never tested, finished cosmetic products or formulas on mammals or traditional laboratory animals. Early in our brand’s history, we conducted limited, one-time aquatic safety studies to ensure our sunscreens and personal-care products would not harm fish or coral larvae. These studies are no longer part of our development process.

Today, Stream2Sea relies exclusively on non-animal testing methods, rigorous ingredient screening, and third-party environmental certifications to verify that every formula is as safe as possible for people and our blue planet.

 

University of Derby & Michael Sweet Statement

Animal testing for cosmetics or its ingredients has been completely banned in the UK since 1998. Animal testing has only been allowed if the benefits gained from the research outweighed any animal suffering, for example for medicines. This ban only applies to vertebrate animals and if the goal of the study is to protect the environment, animal testing may be required and permitted - but only if no alternative tests are available.

At the current time, we feel that our tests (for the impact of suncreams on reef environments) warrants testing on small fragments of coral. The corals are always fragments asexually produced, and the 'parental colony' is maintained where possible, so the genetic linage remains intact. Further, we justify our testing on the corals, as all our research is aimed to make the environment safer for corals - sacrificing a few for the many. We believe our work at the University of Derby is essential to safeguard coral reefs in the future, but we are always open to discussions on how/if we can change where at all possible.