F.D.A. Surveillance Of Scientists Spread To Outside Critics

nytimes.com:

WASHINGTON -- A wide-ranging surveillance operation by the Food and Drug Administration against a group of its own scientists used an enemies list of sorts as it secretly captured thousands of e-mails that the disgruntled scientists sent privately to members of Congress, lawyers, labor officials, journalists and even President Obama, previously undisclosed records show.

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Comments

[Sharon Hanson]

12:51 PM on 07/16/2012

I implore everyone that is reading this post to inform yourself about gadolinium based contrasting agents (GBCAs) a contrasting agent used for MRIs, MRAs and sometimes for CT scans. Over 300M doses have been injected into the patient population and of every dose at least 1% stays in the body. GE's product Omniscan is the least stable of all the GBCAs and has been known to break away from the chelate in the vial before it is injected. All of them should be pulled off the market. They knew they were toxic before the first one Magnevist (Bayer's product) was put on the market. Gadolinium is a toxic metal and in its free state is highly toxic.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/88276271/11-18-08-Thomsen-Bamris-Val-Runge-Excerpted

[andreavan1]

09:09 AM on 07/16/2012

Does anyone actually believe that 'FDA Approved' means something is safe? How many FDA approved medications have been pulled because they were seriously damaging or killing people? From the numerous class-action suit, law firm sponsored TV commercials, I'd say too many.

By the way, if you drink diet soda with the artificial sweetner, Aspartame, you'd better read up on how that poison was approved by the FDA and Donald Rumsfield. You might just save your own life.

http://rense.com/general33/legal.htm

[Sharon Hanson]

10:51 AM on 07/16/2012

Please see this presentation regarding gadolinium based contrasting agents, they are still on the market and still injecting people with this poison that should have never been approved.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/88276271/11-18-08-Thomsen-Bamris-Val-Runge-Excerpted

GEHC's predecessor committed fraud and still this poison is being injected into people.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/76582184/Robbie-Booker-Vs-GE

[Heywood Merton]

05:57 PM on 07/16/2012

Rense is an automatic fail.

[chergoyle3]

08:52 AM on 07/16/2012

Beyond protecting trade secrets of the entities under its scrutiny, what "secrets" does the FDA have? American taxpayers fund this agency for OUR benefit, not for the benefit of big PHARMA. If there is a difference of opinion between the Agency and it's scientists, every incident should be investigated individually. As it stands now, we have drugs on the market that relieve depression and cause suicidal thoughts as a side effect. A medication for diabetes and chemotherapy for another type of cancer are linked to the creation of bladder cancer.

The FDA was created to protect us from quackery and fraud. Instead, it submits the American public to drug companies as unpaid lab rats. And, in our rush to symptom relief in a pill, we obligingly bend over. The FDA is long overdue for an administrative gutting. ALL scientific findings should be published and debated. American consumers, given ALL the facts, are bright enough to weigh the evidence and make decisions regarding risk and reward attached to drug use. We are all screwed by big PHARMA, the FDA is just the tool that makes us think it feels good.

[Rrtierneydigital]

08:10 AM on 07/16/2012

Big brother is watching for sure but let them.
Our secretary of Treasury does not pay his taxes but you better.
Our kids are obese but lobbyists install Oreo cookie bars in cafeterias
People who work (privately) with lobbyists to make sure Oreo cookie bar goes in to school cafeteria speak publicly against obesity
Politicians profit from everything while claiming to care for the people while the rest of
us can't afford to buy food and take loans to pay for utilities and fight with each other over politicians
While we fight with each other over them they are kissy-wissy with each other
Our country is been destroyed slowly over time, while we watch The Kardashians

[Grandma Koolfinger]

08:08 AM on 07/16/2012

Almost all employers reserve the right to monitor activities on their computers. Usually it's stated at the login screen.

[Sharon Hanson]

12:37 PM on 07/16/2012

So what is your point? The FDA isn't allowed to use monitoring tools to intimidate and fire employees that are trying to report unsafe drugs, medical devices and other faulty products that cause grave harm to the patient population. Thesse are crimes against humanity the FDA commits every day by their approval of unsafe drugs, products and imaging devices. Don't you care about that?

[Grandma Koolfinger]

01:11 PM on 07/16/2012

Who did you vote for?  The change guy?  Well, you should hope for it, but don't be disappointed if it doesn't happen.

[xxxskier]

07:05 AM on 07/16/2012

The FDA is nothing but a front for corporate interest that has absolutely no regard for our citizens health. It's a revolving door for lobbyist and lawmakers that have a vested interest in lining their own pocketbook at the public's expense.

[Betrayed]

03:39 AM on 07/16/2012

Disgruntled is a great word.

[Sharon Hanson]

03:10 AM on 07/16/2012

Holy moly, Frontline was going to do a story on gadolinium based contrasting agents but backed down. And this is all about imaging equipment not gadolinium based contrasting agents. GE's product Omniscan was the least stable of all the gadolinium based contrasting agents and has 85% of all the lawsuits approximately but only had 37% of the market. For those that are wondering the MDL 1909 litigation was for gadolinium based contrasting agents product liability. These products never should have been approved and should be taken off the market. They still should be and they are still being injected into people.

[Heywood Merton]

05:59 PM on 07/16/2012

Wow, you've been snubbed by Frontline, Sharon? This is a new one in your tale that somehow never came to a lawsuit for use of something that wasn't FDA-approved. Let's have the details.

[Sepulchre]

02:14 AM on 07/16/2012

Most scientists have serious issues over the way the FDA operates its approvals, this is not new. It is inexcusable that they are putting surveillance on people for being upset with their practices. The FDA has needed an overhaul for sometime.

[novapsyche]

01:20 AM on 07/16/2012

Someone needs to be sanctioned.

[Sharon Hanson]

12:44 PM on 07/16/2012

And GE's Jeffrey Immelt remains Obama's Jobs' Czar. I wonder what is up with that? GE's product Omniscan, a gadolinium based contrasting agent (GBCA), injected into millions of people, is still on the market. Their product is the least stable of all the gadolinium based contrasting agents and it is still on the market ruining people's lives. It causes an often times fatal new man-made disease. I think this is just a smoke screen for the FDA to divert attention to the fact that GE's product and other GBCAs are still harming the patient population. As long as these are on the market the patient population is not safe.

http://article.wn.com/view/2010/09/10/New_warnings_added_to_agents_used_in_MRI_tests/

[Geauterre]

01:17 AM on 07/16/2012

The FDA has had issues with conflicts of interest for so long, when someone mentions the word 'trust' in their work ethic . . . it reveals an incredible display of an ill-informed public.

[RTIII]

11:16 PM on 07/15/2012

Personally, I'm OUTRAGED at this surveillance. The Perps should be punished; if it's not illegal, then fire them.

[The Dude67]

09:07 PM on 07/15/2012

The extraordinary surveillance effort grew out of a bitter dispute lasting years between the scientists and their bosses at the F.D.A. over the scientists’ claims that faulty review procedures at the agency had led to the approval of medical imaging devices for mammograms and colonoscopies that exposed patients to dangerous levels of radiation.

Yeah, I'll tell ya, that Ron Paul is a real crackpot for suggesting that we don't need agencies like the FDA. 

Read it carefully, people, these Dr. put their careers at risk to ensure that a company was NOT allowed to put profit before people. 

Wake up America - The Obama / Romney sideshow is just that, a sideshow.

[Sepulchre]

02:13 AM on 07/16/2012

We do need agencies like the FDA however they should be led by scientists and doctors not politicians with little not no background in science. Things should be approved on their scientific merit and not because corporations are putting political pressure on approving them or directly or indirectly paying for them to get approved. If you think drug and food safety should be left completely up to companies you may want to get your head checked.

[The Dude67]

08:09 AM on 07/16/2012

Well actually I'll go you one better... if you think food and drug safety should be left completely up to companies (and for the ones that are politically connected - this is exactly what is going on now) PLUS have those decisions blessed by the FDA (thus avoiding any financial liability) you should have your head examined. Right here, right now as we speak the FDA is doing WAY more harm to Americans than good.

[Sharon Hanson]

12:56 PM on 07/16/2012

And GE's CEO, Jeffrey Immelt, is Obama's Job Czar. GE is the manufacturers of Omniscan, a gadolinium based contrasting agent that is causing a new man-made disease called nephrogenic systemic fibrosis. Their product is known to break away from the chelate before it is even injected which basically means they are injecting gadolinium in its free toxic state. GE sued the radiologist that did the linked report in order to cover up how toxic their product is.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/88276271/11-18-08-Thomsen-Bamris-Val-Runge-Excerpted

[The Dude67]

10:19 PM on 07/16/2012

Ah yes, Mr. Immelt, I draw him like a gun when "killing Liberals" here on HP. ; )

[kommencents]

08:23 PM on 07/15/2012

whos in charge of the FDA ...HHS...... ms. Sebilius I wonder who gave the order to create the black list? Now that OBAMATAX is legal HHS has the POWER to LOOK into your MEDICAL files and give that information to the IRS. Who now have the power to come into your house with no warrent and see how you LIVE.

[BlackBuddha]

07:46 PM on 07/15/2012

Note to Self:

The Corruption is Systemic.