Main Menu. Four Waves of Feminism. This piece was originally published in the Fall 2008 issue of Pacific magazine. Martha Rampton is a professor of history and director of the Center for Gender Equity at Pacific University. Her specialty is the early medieval period with an emphasis on social history and the activities and roles of women.
While I understand the need to make sure that products are safe for consumers to use, I am deeply concerned over this recent change in MAC Cosmetics policy on animal testing that I read about at the beauty blog Logical Harmony here: http://www.logicalharmony.net/mac-cosmetics-is-no-longer-cruelty-free.I am concerned about MAC starting to do animal testing because it is no longer necessary in this day and age. Additionally this issue affects the entire makeup community because MAC is a very popular brand with a lot of influence.Starting in 2013, the UK will have banned animal testing.lease rethink your new policy on animal testing and go back to being cruelty free. Now that your policy has you testing on animals âas required by law,â Iâm no longer proud to be a MAC fan. Iâm no longer purchasing from MAC if animal testing is going to be part of what you stand for.
Animals are sometimes used in the testing of drugs, vaccines and other biologics, and medical devices, mainly to determine the safety of the medical product. For drugs and biologics, the focus of animal testing is on the drugâs nature, chemistry, and effects (pharmacology) and on its potential damage to the body (toxicology). Animal testing is used to measure. how much of a drug or biologic is absorbed into the blood; how a medical product is broken down chemically in the body